List of islands of the Falkland Islands

A map of the Falkland Islands

West Falkland from near Keppel Island

Johnson's Harbour settlement, East Falkland.

Spheniscus magellanicus on Carcass Island.

The Neck on Saunders Island.

Eudyptes chrysocome on New Island.

Stanley Harbour, Stanley with mountains in the distance.

The following list contains larger islands and other notable islands in the Falklands. Area data are from the USGS unless otherwise specified.^[1]

Islands larger than 1km²

Island	Area (km^2)	Lat	Long	Highest Point (m)	Group / Area	Ref
East Falkland	6,512.2	-51.750	-58.840	705	main islands	[2]
West Falkland	4,457.3	-51.750	-60.000	700	main islands	[2]
Weddell Island	259.1	-51.904	-61.000	383	Weddell Island Group	[3][4]
Saunders Island	126.0	-51.344	-60.172	457		[5]
Pebble Island	113.4	-51.299	-59.610	277	Pebble Island Group	[6]
Lively Island	58.3	-52.035	-58.490	37	Lively Island Group	[7]
Speedwell Island	54.0	-52.222	-59.714		Speedwell Island Group	[8]
Keppel Island	41.0	-51.325	-59.975	341		[2]
Beaver Island	38.8	-51.842	-61.276		Beaver Island Group	[9]
George Island	27.2	-52.343	-59.754	18	Speedwell Island Group	[8]
Bleaker Island	22.4	-52.214	-58.872		Bleaker Island Group	[10]
New Island	20.5	-51.719	-61.287	100	New Island Group	[11]
Golding Island	19.4	-51.351	-59.745
Carcass Island	18.2	-51.280	-60.569	220	West Point Island Group	[12]
Dyke Island	15.9	-51.993	-60.887
Swan Island	13.7	-51.793	-59.588		Swan Islands
Grand Jason Island	13.2	-51.057	-61.096	361	Jason Islands	[13]
West Point Island	12.0	-51.356	-60.700	350		[12]
Great Island	12.0	-51.969	-59.695
Barren Island	11.6	-52.382	-59.709	18	Speedwell Island Group	[8]
Middle Island	9.3	-51.406	-59.710		(Byron Sound)
Sea Lion Island	9.0	-52.432	-59.104	30	Sea Lion Islands Group	[14]
Steeple Jason Island	8.8	-51.036	-61.212	290	Jason Islands	[13]
First Island	7.8	-51.653	-60.679		Passage Islands
Second Island	7.3	-51.578	-60.774		Passage Islands
Broken Island	6.3	-51.344	-59.672
Ruggles Island	6.3	-52.073	-59.732
East Island	5.7	-51.375	-59.637		(Byron Sound)
Fox Island	5.4	-51.841	-60.488		(Spring Point)
Pebble Islet	5.3	-51.251	-59.874	20	Pebble Island Group	[6]
River Island	5.0	-51.414	-59.616
Staats Island	4.7	-51.890	-61.189		Beaver Island Group	[9]
South Jason Island	4.3	-51.205	-60.882	300	Jason Islands	[13]
Flat Jason Island	3.6	-51.109	-60.885		Jason Islands	[13]
Sedge Island	3.6	-51.149	-60.404
Motley Island	3.5	-52.134	-58.616		Lively Island Group	[7]
Long Island	3.3	-51.557	-58.070
Tea Island	3.3	-51.904	-61.174		Beaver Island Group	[9]
North East Island	3.2	-52.006	-58.369		Lively Island Group	[7]
Hummock Island	3.1	-51.616	-60.441	190	Hummock Island Group	[15]
Philimore Island	3.1	-51.980	-58.466		Lively Island Group	[7]
West Swan Island	3.1	-51.785	-59.645		Swan Islands
Passage Island	3.0	-51.371	-59.849		(Byron Sound)
Elephant Jason Island	3.0	-51.159	-60.848	208	Jason Islands	[13]
North Tyssen	2.7	-51.868	-59.604		Tyssen Islands
Governor Island	2.6	-51.857	-61.187		Beaver Island Group	[9]
Dunbar Island	2.6	-51.363	-60.390	89	West Point Island Group	[12]
Narrow Island	2.4	-51.382	-59.702
Johnsons Island	2.3	-51.907	-58.523			[a]
Split Island	2.2	-51.474	-60.708		(King George Bay)
Quaker Island	2.1	-51.785	-61.063		Weddell Island Group	[4]
Rabbit Island	1.9	-51.555	-60.494	91	Hummock Island Group	[15]
Triste Island	1.8	-52.132	-58.718
Big Arch Island	1.8	-52.213	-60.446		Arch Islands
Pleasant Island	1.8	-51.805	-58.199
Blind Island	1.7	-52.274	-59.548
Penn Island	1.7	-51.789	-61.151		Weddell Island Group	[4]
Beauchene Island	1.6	-52.901	-59.185	70		[16]
Middle Island	1.6	-51.636	-60.349		(King George Bay)
Fourth Island	1.6	-51.563	-60.874		Passage Islands
Large Island	1.6	-52.144	-59.006
Government Islet	1.5	-51.216	-59.917	15	Pebble Island Group	[6]
North Swan Island	1.5	-51.742	-59.518		Swan Islands
Middle Island	1.5	-51.956	-58.467		Lively Island Group	[7]
West Tyssen	1.4	-51.894	-59.673		Tyssen Islands
Sandbar Island	1.4	-51.924	-59.648		Tyssen Islands
Wolfe Island	1.3	-52.024	-59.676
Box Island	1.2	-51.350	-59.841
Bense Island	1.1	-51.494	-60.524
Sea Lion Island	1.1	-51.925	-58.707		(Choiseul Sound)
Sunday Island	1.1	-51.391	-59.668
Barclay Island	1.1	-51.787	-61.101		Weddell Island Group	[4]
East Island	1.1	-51.790	-58.064		(Fitzroy)
Tickle Island	1.1	-51.992	-59.654
Bird Island	1.1	-52.168	-60.927
Dry Island	1.0	-51.372	-59.895
Burnt Island	1.0	-51.418	-60.133
Third Island	1.0	-51.572	-60.843		Passage Islands
Tussac Island	1.0	-52.020	-60.968

Other notable islands

Island	Area (km^2)	Lat	Long
Sea Dog Island	0.3	-52.005	-61.096
Kidney Island	0.3	-51.624	-57.751
Hog Island	0.3	-51.540	-58.087
Centre Island	0.3	-51.424	-58.310
Sandy Bay Island	0.2	-52.194	-58.804
Eddystone Rock	0.01	-51.189	-59.054
Horse Block	0.003	-51.941	-61.115

List of Falkland Islands named after people

Augustus Keppel, wearing flag officer's undress uniform, 1765, by Reynolds (National Maritime Museum)

This is a short list of islands, which are known to be named after someone. Until at least 1781, the Falklands as a whole were known as the Sebald or Sebaldine Island after Sebald de Weert, who sighted them and tried to make landfall on the Jason Islands in January 1600.^[17][18]

• Beauchene Island - Jacques Gouin de Beauchêne^[19]
• Keppel Island - Augustus Keppel
• Lafonia (peninsula) - Samuel Fisher Lafone^[20]
• Saunders Island - Charles Saunders^[21]
• Tyssen Islands - John Tyssen (1811–1893), British naval officer^[22]
• Weddell Island - James Weddell^[23]

Spanish names derived from people

A list of the derivations of Spanish names, where they differ substantially from the English versions.

• Beaver Island - Isla San Rafael - The archangel Raphael
• Lively Island - Isla Bougainville - Louis Antoine de Bougainville
• Jason Islands - Isla Sebaldes - Sebald de Weert
• Pebble Island - Isla (de) Borbón/Isla Bourbon - House of Bourbon
• Weddell Island - Isla San José - Saint Joseph

See also

• Falkland Islands
  • Geography of the Falkland Islands
  • List of Falkland Islands-related topics
• List of islands by area
• List of islands by highest point
• List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean

Notes

1. Called Seal Island or Lobo Island on some maps.

References

1. "Global Island Explorer". rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
2. "Mountains". Falkland Islands and South Atlantic. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
3. "Weddell Island". Falkland Islands Tourist Board. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
4. "Swan or Weddell Island" (PDF). nationalarchives.gov.fk. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
5. "Saunders Island". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
6. "Pebble Island Group". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
7. "Lively Island Group". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
8. "Speedwell Island Group". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
9. "Beaver Island Group". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
10. "Bleaker Island Group". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
11. "New Island Group". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
12. "West Point Island Group". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
13. "Jason Islands Group". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
14. "Sea Lion Islands Group". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
15. "Hummock Island Group". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
16. "Beauchene Island Group". Bird Life International. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
17. William Funnell, A voyage round the world, London, 1707
18. John Rickman, Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean on Discovery, London, 1781
19. "Beauchesne, Jacques Gouin de". Dictionary of Falklands Biography. July 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
20. "Lafone, Samuel Fisher". Dictionary of Falklands Biography. April 2024. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
21. "Saunders Island". Falkland Islands Tourist Board. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
22. "Tyssen, John". Dictionary of Falklands Biography. July 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
23. "Weddel, James". Dictionary of Falklands Biography. November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2024.

External links

• Wikimedia Atlas of the Falkland Islands