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Falkland Islands Dependencies
1843–1982
Argentine Occupation: 1982
1982–1985
Flag of Falkland Islands Dependencies
Flag (1948–1985)
of Falkland Islands Dependencies
Coat of arms
Motto: "Desire the right"
Anthem: "God Save the King/Queen"
StatusOverseas Territory
CapitalStanley
Common languagesEnglish
GovernmentCrown colony
Monarch 
• 1843–1901
Victoria (first)
• 1952–1985
Elizabeth II (last)
Governor 
• 1843–1848
Richard Moody (first)
• 1980–1985
Sir Rex Hunt (last)
LegislatureLegislative Council
History 
• Established
1843
• Argentine invasion
2 April 1982
• Liberation
14 June 1982
• Dissolution
1985
CurrencyFalkland Islands pound
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Falkland Islands Dependencies Falkland Islands Colony
Falkland Islands Falkland Islands Dependencies
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Falkland Islands Dependencies
British Antarctic Territory Falkland Islands Dependencies

The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the various British territories in Sub-Antarctica and Antarctica which were governed from the Falkland Islands and its capital Stanley.

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Falkland Islands Dependencies

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from the Falkland Islands and its capital Stanley. The following are the British territories that made up the Falkland Island Dependencies in the period...

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British Antarctic Survey

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shape from activities during World War II, it was known as the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey until 1962. Operation Tabarin was a small British expedition...

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Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute

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In 1985, the Falkland Islands Dependencies, comprising at that time the island groups of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Shag Rocks...

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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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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands sovereignty dispute

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of west longitude" as Falkland Islands Dependencies. It was made clear at this time that the association with the Falkland Islands was intended as an administrative...

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South Sandwich Islands

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Sandwich Islands through letters patent in 1908, grouping them with other British-held territory in Antarctica as the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Argentina...

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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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governed as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Argentina claimed South Georgia in 1927 and claimed the South Sandwich Islands in 1938. Argentina maintained...

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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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Hope Bay incident

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defined the boundaries of areas it claimed as dependencies of its Falkland Islands colony. One dependency was Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula, at...

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Flag of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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Islands Dependencies and used the same flag as the Falklands Islands.[citation needed] The new territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI)...

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Falklands War

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in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The conflict began on 2 April...

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Coat of arms of the British Antarctic Territory

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when the territory was still a dependency of the Falkland Islands (along with South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands). The arms consist of a shield...

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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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Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands

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Falkland Islands and Dependencies 1800-2013", author Stefan Heijtz, ISBN 978-91-637-2341-4 Grant, B.S.H. The Postage Stamps of the Falkland Islands and...

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Territorial claims in Antarctica

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1908–present Falkland Islands Dependencies 1908–1962  British Antarctic Territory 1962–present  New Zealand 1923–present  Ross Dependency 1923–present...

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Postage stamps and postal history of the Falkland Islands Dependencies

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"Falkland Islands Dependencies" were issued from 1946. In 1963, British Antarctic Territory was formed, leaving in the Dependencies only the island groups...

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Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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the Falkland Islands. The post was created in 1985 when South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was split from the Falkland Islands Dependencies to...

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Janus Island

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Committee (UK-APC) following a survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. The name Janus Island, for the ancient Roman deity Janus who...

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History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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governed by the United Kingdom as a Falkland Islands Dependency, a distinct entity administered through the Falkland Islands but not part of them in political...

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Eklund Islands

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an area of hummocky ice. V. E. Fuchs and R. J. Adie of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey sledged to the southwest part of George VI Sound in 1949...

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Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition

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The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the Falkland Islands Dependencies and the Antarctic peninsula...

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Nakaya Islands

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of ice crystals and snowflakes. The islands were photographed from the air by Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) from...

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Royal Falkland Islands Police

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The Royal Falkland Islands Police (RFIP) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the Falkland Islands. The current Chief...

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Rothschild Island

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Antarctic Research Expedition (1946–1948) and by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960, and from US governmental satellite imagery taken...

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Politics of the Falkland Islands

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

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South Orkney Islands

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Orkney Islands. The Islands were subsequently administered as part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. A biological research station on Signy Island was...

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List of islands of the United Kingdom

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see: Falkland Islands sovereignty dispute. East Falkland Sea Lion Island West Falkland Jason Islands Elephant Jason Island Flat Jason Island Grand Jason...

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