Geography of The Falkland Islands
- The Falkland Islands are: a British overseas territory and archipelago consisting of East Falkland, West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands
- Location:
- Southern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
- Atlantic Ocean
- South Atlantic, 500 kilometres (310 mi) east of Argentina but 400 kilometres (250 mi) north west of the tip of Tierra del Fuego.
- Time zone: UTC-4, September–April UTC-3
- Extreme points of the Falkland Islands
- High: Mount Usborne 705 m (2,313 ft)
- Low: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: 1,288 km
- Population of the Falkland Islands:
- Area of the Falkland Islands:
- Atlas of the Falkland Islands
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