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"Situated in the South Atlantic, the Falkland Islands lie between Latitude 51º and
53ºS and Longitude 57º and 62ºW - about the same latitude south as London lies north.
They are 300 miles (483 km) from the South American mainland.The Falkland Islands
comprise two main Islands (East and West Falkland) and some 700 smaller islands,
a total land area of approximately 4,700 square miles (12,173 square km),
comparable in area with Northern Ireland, but spread to a much greater extent.
The distance from Stanley, on the extreme east, to New Island, on the extreme west,
is some 148 miles (238 km)."
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