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

Islands larger than 1

Island Area() HighestPoint (m) Group / Area East Falkland 6,512.2 -51.750 -58.840 705 main islands West Falkland 4,457.3 -51.750 -60.000 700 main islands Weddell Island 259.1 -51.904 -61.000 383 Weddell Island Group Saunders Island 126.0 -51.344 -60.172 457 Pebble Island 113.4 -51.299 -59.610 277 Pebble Island Group Lively Island 58.3 -52.035 -58.490 37 Lively Island Group Speedwell Island 54.0 -52.222 -59.714 Speedwell Island Group Keppel Island 41.0 -51.325 -59.975 341 Beaver Island 38.8 -51.842 -61.276 Beaver Island Group George Island 27.2 -52.343 -59.754 18 Speedwell Island Group Bleaker Island 22.4 -52.214 -58.872 Bleaker Island Group New Island 20.5 -51.719 -61.287 100 New Island Group Golding Island 19.4 -51.351 -59.745 Carcass Island 18.2 -51.280 -60.569 220 West Point Island Group 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 West Point Island 12.0 -51.356 -60.700 350 Great Island 12.0 -51.969 -59.695 Barren Island 11.6 -52.382 -59.709 18 Speedwell Island Group Middle Island 9.3 -51.406 -59.710 (Byron Sound) Sea Lion Island 9.0 -52.432 -59.104 30 Sea Lion Islands Group Steeple Jason Island 8.8 -51.036 -61.212 290 Jason Islands 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 River Island 5.0 -51.414 -59.616 Staats Island 4.7 -51.890 -61.189 Beaver Island Group South Jason Island 4.3 -51.205 -60.882 300 Jason Islands Flat Jason Island 3.6 -51.109 -60.885 Jason Islands Sedge Island 3.6 -51.149 -60.404 Motley Island 3.5 -52.134 -58.616 Lively Island Group Long Island 3.3 -51.557 -58.070 Tea Island 3.3 -51.904 -61.174 Beaver Island Group North East Island 3.2 -52.006 -58.369 Lively Island Group Hummock Island 3.1 -51.616 -60.441 190 Hummock Island Group Philimore Island 3.1 -51.980 -58.466 Lively Island Group 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 North Tyssen 2.7 -51.868 -59.604 Tyssen Islands Governor Island 2.6 -51.857 -61.187 Beaver Island Group Dunbar Island 2.6 -51.363 -60.390 89 West Point Island Group Narrow Island 2.4 -51.382 -59.702 Johnsons Island 2.3 -51.907 -58.523 Split Island 2.2 -51.474 -60.708 (King George Bay) Quaker Island 2.1 -51.785 -61.063 Weddell Island Group Rabbit Island 1.9 -51.555 -60.494 91 Hummock Island Group 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 Beauchene Island 1.6 -52.901 -59.185 70 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 North Swan Island 1.5 -51.742 -59.518 Swan Islands Middle Island 1.5 -51.956 -58.467 Lively Island Group 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 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() 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

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.William Funnell, A voyage round the world, London, 1707John Rickman, Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean on Discovery, London, 1781

Beauchene Island - Jacques Gouin de Beauchêne Keppel Island - Augustus Keppel Lafonia (peninsula) - Samuel Fisher Lafone Saunders Island - Charles Saunders Tyssen Islands - John Tyssen (1811–1893), British naval officer Weddell Island - James Weddell

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

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