Falkland Sound

The Falkland Sound is a sea strait in the . Running southwest-northeast, it separates and .
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  • Strait
  • Description: sound between the Falkland Islands
  • Also known as
    “Carlisle Sound”
    “Estrecho de San Carlos”
    “Falklanda markolo”
    “Seno Falkland”

Falkland Sound

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Latitude
-51.70916° or 51° 42′ 33″ south
Longitude
-59.44563° or 59° 26′ 44″ west
Open location code
38W27HR3+8P
Geo­Names ID
3427039
Wiki­data ID
Q629804

Satellite Map

Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Falkland Sound” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مضيق فوكلاند”
  • Azerbaijani: “Folklend boğazı”
  • Bavarian: “Falklandsund”
  • Catalan: “canal Falkland”
  • Catalan: “Canal Falkland”
  • Cebuano: “Falkland Sound”
  • Chinese: “圣卡洛斯海峡”
  • Chinese: “福克兰海峡”
  • Dutch: “Falkland Sound”
  • Esperanto: “Falklanda markolo”
  • Finnish: “Falklandinsalmi”
  • French: “détroit des Falkland”
  • French: “détroit des Malouines”
  • French: “Détroit des Malouines”
  • German: “Falklandsund”
  • Hebrew: “מצר סן קרלוס”
  • Hebrew: “מצר פוקלנד”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Falkland”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Falkland”
  • Japanese: “フォークランド海峡”
  • Latvian: “Folklenda šaurums”
  • Lithuanian: “Folklando sąsiauris”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Falklandssundet”
  • Norwegian: “Falklandssundet”
  • Persian: “تنگه فالکلند”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Falklandzka”
  • Portuguese: “Canal de San Carlos”
  • Russian: “Фолклендский пролив”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Falklandski kanal”
  • Slovenian: “Estrecho de San Carlos”
  • Slovenian: “Falkland Sound”
  • Slovenian: “Falklanda markolo”
  • Slovenian: “Falklandski preliv”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de San Carlos”
  • Swedish: “Estrecho de San Carlos”
  • Swedish: “Falkland Sound”
  • Swedish: “Falklanda markolo”
  • Swedish: “Falklandssundet”
  • Turkish: “Falkland Boğazı”
  • Ukrainian: “Фолклендська протока”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Bold Point and Port Howard.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include North Swan Island and High Cliff Island.

Falkland Islands: Highlights

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