Broken Island, Falkland Islands

Broken Island
Island
Broken Island Broken Island shown within the Falkland Islands
Coordinates: 51.344°S 59.673°W / -51.344; -59.673
Country	Falkland Islands
Time zone	UTC−3 (FKST)
If shown, area and population ranks are for all islands and all inhabited islands in the Falklands respectively.

Broken Island is one of the Falkland Islands, in Byron Sound, due north of West Falkland.

Geography and geology

The island gains its name from its terrain which contains many bays, and inlets. It has a central portion in a circular shape, with one spit extending to the west, and another to the east, in twisted fashion. It is shaped like and S on its side.

There are a number of small islets off it.

It is due south of Pebble Island and east of Golding Island.

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