Falkland Islands and Dependencies

Abstract

Crown colony situated in South Atlantic, 300 miles E. of Magellan Straits. East Falkland, 2,580 sq. miles; West Falkland, 2,038 sq. miles, including in each case the adjacent small islands; total, 4,618 sq. miles; besides Soutli Georgia, 1,600 sq. miles. Among other dependencies are the South Shetlands (1,800 sq. miles), the South Orkneys (240 sq. miles), South Sandwich (130 sq. miles) and Graham Land. The dependencies include all islands and territories between 20° and 50° W. long., south of 50° S. lat.:, and between 50° and 80° W. long., south of 58° S. lat. Population :—Falkland Islands, estimated 1953, 2,230 (1,246 males and 984 females), exclusive of the Whaling Settlement in South Georgia (population in 1953, 1,449, including 6 females and 2 children; the population fluctuates with the whaling season and in winter declines to less than half). Chief town, Stanley, 1,135 inhabitants.