Falkland Islands
About Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands, commonly referred to as the Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 mi (500 km) east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and 752 mi (1,210 km) from Cape Dubouzet at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago, with an area of 4,700 sq mi (12,000 km2), comprises East Falkland, West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. As a British Overseas Territory, the Falklands have internal self-governance, while the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The capital and largest settlement is Stanley on East Falkland.
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The first ship to travel round the world twice was called HMS Dolphin. It was in the 1760s, and it was captained by Lord Byron's grandfather — the same guy who named and claimed the Falkland Islands. When he was on HMS Dolphin, he bumped into the Falklands, went, can I call these the Falklands? King George, they're yours.
from 27: No Such Thing As An Egg And Cress Portsmouth, 2014-09-19 at 00:21:01 · read transcript
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What if they fell under the bus then maybe we'll get a new leader kind of thing. That was a saying. During the early 1980s when the Falkland Island invasion happened, someone in the UK said President Galtieri of Argentina pushed her, meaning Margaret Thatcher, under the bus, which the gossips had said was the only means of her removal. It was falling under a bus was always a thing, but this was the first time someone was metaphorically pushed under a bus.
525: No Such Thing As A Clenched Shin, 2024-04-04 · listen
Some of the penguins just leaned against the back wall of this canopy and sort of water skied along the treadmill. No way, really! That's the thing about penguins is, is it not, there's a, I think it's a myth, but in the Falkland Islands supposedly planes go over them, fly over them, and they just look and look and look and look and then fall over. No, they debunked it just very recently.
155: No Such Thing As Hurricane Schmurricane, 2017-03-10 · listen
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27: No Such Thing As An Egg And Cress Portsmouth put 2 places on the map.
- Falklands · Falkland Islands
Coordinates: -51.7300, -59.2200