Back جزيرة فوكلاند الغربية Arabic Qərbi Folklend Azerbaijani Gran Malvina Catalan West Falkland CEB Westfalkland German Isla Gran Malvina Spanish Mendebaldeko Falkland Basque Länsi-Falkland Finnish Grande Malouine French West-Falklân Frisian
West Falkland
Isla Gran Malvina (Spanish) | |
|---|---|
 West Falkland from Keppel Island | |
 Location of West Falkland (red) in the Falkland Islands (red & white) | |
| Coordinates: 51°47′51″S 60°07′55″W / 51.79750°S 60.13194°W | |
| Location | Atlantic Ocean |
| Archipelago | Falkland Islands |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,532 km2 (1,750 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 2nd[a] |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 160 |
| • Rank | 2nd[b] |
| • Density | 0.035/km2 (0.091/sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 700 m (2,300 ft) |
| Highest point | Mount Adam |
| Polity | Falkland Islands |
| Largest settlement | Port Howard |
| a. ^ All islands in the Falkland Islands. b. ^ All inhabited islands in the Falkland Islands. | |
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 Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is 4,532 square kilometres (1,750 square miles), 37% of the total area of the islands.[2] Its coastline is 1,258.7 kilometres (782.1 miles) long.[2]
- ^ "2016 Census Report". Policy and Economic Development Unit, Falkland Islands Government. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018.
- ^ a b Pichon, Hervé; Rolland, Nicolas; Orlova, Nadège; Lombardo, Stéphane (2002). "D2.1.1 Inventory Report". European Coastal Erosion database. European Commission. p. 122. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
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