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Falkland Islands
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Falkland Islands · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
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The Falkland Islands (; Spanish: Islas Malvinas [ˈislas malˈβinas]), commonly referred to as the Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 mi (500 km) east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and 752 mi (1,210 km) from Cape Dubouzet at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago, with an area of 4,700 sq mi (12,000 km2), comprises East Falkland, West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands.
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Government House in Stanley is the Governor's official residence.Alex Petrenko · CC BY-SA 3.0 
Christ Church Cathedral, the local parish church of the Anglican Communion. Most Falklanders identify as Christian.Godot13 · CC BY-SA 4.0 
Gauchos drinking mate at a salting plant in Valle Esperanza, located in the centre of East Falkland in the 1850s.Dale · Public domain 
Depiction of the sinking of the Scharnhorst during the 1914 Battle of the Falkland Islands (painting by William Lionel Wyllie)William Lionel Wyllie · Public domain 
Colony of southern rockhopper penguins on Saunders IslandBen Tubby · CC BY 2.0 
King penguins at Cowbay. By Koushik Ranjan Das.Koushik Ranjan Das · CC BY 4.0
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