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Falkland may refer to:

  • Falkland, British Columbia, a community in Canada
  • Falkland, Nova Scotia, a community in Canada
  • Falkland Islands, an archipelago in the south Atlantic Ocean
    • Falklands Crisis of 1770
    • Falklands War of 1982
  • Falkland, Fife, a former burgh in Fife, Scotland
    • Falkland Palace, royal residence of the Kings of Scots in Falkland, Fife, Scotland
    • Viscount Falkland, a Scottish peerage title, named after Falkland, Fife, Scotland
  • Falkland, North Carolina, a town in the United States
  • Falkland (Redd Shop, Virginia), U.S., a historic plantation house
  • Falkland (novel), an 1827 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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Falkland

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Look up Falkland or Falklands in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Falkland may refer to: Falkland, British Columbia, a community in Canada Falkland, Nova...

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Falkland Islands

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The Falkland Islands (/ˈfɔː(l)klənd, ˈfɒlk-/ FAW(L)K-lənd, FOLK-; Spanish: Islas Malvinas [ˈislas malˈβinas]) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean...

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Falklands War

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The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent...

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Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute

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Sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) is disputed by Argentina and the United Kingdom. The British claim to sovereignty dates...

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Falkland Islanders

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Falkland Islanders, also called Falklanders and nicknamed Kelpers, are the people of the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. The Islanders...

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Viscount Falkland

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Viscount Falkland is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The name refers to the royal burgh of Falkland in Fife. The title was created in 1620 by King...

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Falkland Palace

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Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish Kings. It was one of the favourite places of Mary, Queen of Scots, who...

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Falkland Islands pound

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The pound is the currency of the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. The symbol is the pound sign, £. The ISO 4217...

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History of the Falkland Islands

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The history of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) goes back at least five hundred years, with active exploration and colonisation only taking...

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RAF Mount Pleasant

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is a Royal Air Force station in the British Overseas Territory of the Falkland Islands. The airfield goes by the motto of "Defend the right" (while the...

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Military of the Falkland Islands

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The Falkland Islands are a British overseas territory and, as such, rely on the United Kingdom for the guarantee of their security. The other UK territories...

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Falkland Islands wolf

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The Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis), also known as the warrah (/ˈwɑːrə/ WAH-rə or /ˈwɑːrɑː/ WAH-rah) and occasionally as the Falkland Islands...

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Falklands Day

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Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592, and is celebrated on 14 August. It was once seen...

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1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands

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The Invasion of the Falkland Islands (Spanish: Invasión de las Islas Malvinas), code-named Operation Rosario (Operación Rosario), was a military operation...

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Economy of the Falkland Islands

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The economy of the Falkland Islands, which first involved sealing, whaling and provisioning ships, became heavily dependent on sheep farming from the 1870s...

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Politics of the Falkland Islands

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The politics of the Falkland Islands takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary representative democratic dependency as...

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Falkland Current

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The Falkland Current is a cold water current that flows northward along the Atlantic coast of Patagonia as far north as the mouth of the Río de la Plata...

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Flag of the Falkland Islands

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of the Falkland Islands was adopted on 25 January 1999 and consists of a defaced Blue Ensign, with the Union Flag in the canton and the Falkland Islands...

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Battle of the Falkland Islands

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The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the...

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West Falkland

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West Falkland (Spanish: Isla Gran Malvina) is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East...

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British Overseas Territories

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There were only two exceptions: Falkland Islanders, who were automatically granted British citizenship, and with the Falkland Islands treated as a part of...

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Falklands Crisis

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Falklands Crisis may refer to: Falklands Crisis (1770), a dispute over the Falkland Islands between Great Britain and Spain Falklands Crisis (1982), the...

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FIH Group

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group) or FIH (formerly Falkland Islands Holdings) is a British conglomerate which operates in the Falkland Islands through the Falkland Islands Company. Its...

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East Falkland

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East Falkland (Spanish: Isla Soledad) is the largest island of the Falklands in the South Atlantic, having an area of 6,605 km2 (2,550 square miles) or...

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Falkland Ridge

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Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland, Governor of Nova Scotia from 1840 to 1846 or his wife Amelia Cary, Viscountess Falkland. "Falkland Ridge". Geographical...

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Governor of the Falkland Islands

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The governor of the Falkland Islands is the representative of the British Crown in the Falkland Islands, acting "in His Majesty's name and on His Majesty's...

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Geography of the Falkland Islands

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The Falkland Islands are located in the South Atlantic Ocean between 51°S and 53°S on a projection of the Patagonian Shelf, part of the South American...

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