FAUKLAND ISLAND

THESE ISLANDS ARE AN ARCHIPELAGO LOCATED IN SOUTH ALEUTIAN  BY THE PATAGONIA SHELF.  THIS ARCHIPELAGO HAS AN AREA OF 4700 SQUARE MILES WITH 780 ISLANDS .  ENGLAND GOVERNMENT THEM.   FRENCH , SPANISH, BRITAIN AND ARGENTINA SETTLED HERE IN THE 1900'S.

THE ISLANDS HAVE MANY BIRDS , BUT MANY NO LONGER BREAD DURING TOURISM.  THE FAULKLANDS FISH AND HAVE A BIG PART IN OIL EXPLORATION.  THE LATTER IS CONTROVERSIAL. 

FUEGIANS FROM PATAGONIA VISITED FAUKLAND IN PREHISTORIC TIMES.    NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHO WAS HERE IN THESE TIMES.  JOHN STRONG WAS THE 1ST VOYAGER.   SPAIN CAPTURED A PORT I 1770'S TO 1811.  THERE WERE CONTINUOUS ATTEMPTS TO DEPART.AND THEY RETURNED TO THE ISLANDS .  TODAY TODAY THEIR ARE STILL DISPARITIES.  THEY HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH SOUTH AMERICA. FLORA AND FAUNA.  LAND BIRDS MAKE UP MOST OF THE FAULKLANDS.  AVIFAUNA FOLLOWED BY SEABIRDS. THEY HAVE ELEPHANT SEALS AND MARINE VASCULAR SPECIES.  THEY RAISE SHEEP FOR PASTURE. REINDEER, RABBITS, FOXES, AND PIGS, HORSES AND CATS.  HUMAN IMPACT IS UNCLEAR. THEY MAKE HIGH QUALITY WOOL.  A SMALL NUMBER OF ARGENTINES RESIDE IN THE ISLANDS BY THE CULTURE OF CULTURE OF SOUTH AMERICA.  THEY HAVE A COLONY OF PENGUINS AT SAUNDERS ISLAND.  PEOPLE LIKE TO VISIT THESE ISLANDS.

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