West Falkland

West Falkland the second largest of the in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from by the .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of the Falkland islands
  • Also known as: “Falkland occidentale”, “Falkland Ocidental”, “Grande Malvina”, “Isla Malvina del Oeste”, “Malvina del Oeste”, “Okcidenta Falklando”, and “West Falkland Island”

West Falkland

Latitude
-51.64297° or 51° 38′ 35″ south
Longitude
-59.89473° or 59° 53′ 41″ west
Population
127
Elevation
302 feet (92 metres)
Open location code
38W29444+R4
Geo­Names ID
3426638
Wiki­data ID
Q733338
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“West Falkland” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة فوكلاند الغربية”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Ֆոլկլենդ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qərbi Folklend”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Falkland”
  • Catalan: “Gran Malvina”
  • Cebuano: “West Falkland”
  • Chinese: “大馬爾維納島”
  • Chinese: “大马尔维纳岛”
  • Chinese: “西福克兰岛”
  • Croatian: “Zapadni Falkland”
  • Czech: “Západní Falkland”
  • Dutch: “West-Falkland”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Malvino”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Falkland”
  • French: “Grande Malouine”
  • French: “île de Grande Malouine”
  • Galician: “Illa Gran Malvina”
  • Georgian: “დასავლეთი ფოლკლენდი”
  • German: “Westfalkland”
  • Hebrew: “אי פוקלנד המערבי”
  • Hungarian: “Nyugat-Falkland”
  • Indonesian: “Falkland Barat”
  • Italian: “Falkland Occidentale”
  • Japanese: “西フォークランド島”
  • Korean: “서포클랜드섬”
  • Latvian: “Rietumfolklenda”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Folklandas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vest-Falkland”
  • Norwegian: “Vest-Falkland”
  • Persian: “فالکلند غربی”
  • Polish: “Falkland Zachodni”
  • Portuguese: “Malvina Ocidental”
  • Russian: “Западный Фолкленд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadni Falkland”
  • Slovak: “Západný Falkland”
  • Spanish: “Isla Gran Malvina”
  • Swedish: “Västra Falkland”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Malvina Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Фолкленд”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ فالکلینڈ”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Falkland”
  • Western Frisian: “West-Falklân”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Chartres and Shallop Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mount Robinson and Mount Edgeworth.

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