Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Chapters: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Geography of the Falkland Islands, Auckland Islands, List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands, Castaway depot, Macquarie Island, Campbell Island, New Zealand, Antipodes Islands, Enderby Island, Snares Islands / Tini Heke, Jacquemart Island, Îlots des Apôtres, Aurora Islands, New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands, Diego Ramírez Islands, Bounty Islands, Campbell Island group, Dent Island, New Zealand, Royal Company's Islands, Thompson Island, Ildefonso Islands, Dougherty Island, Emerald Island, Adams Island, New Zealand, Bollons Island, Insulantarctica, North East Island, New Zealand, Nimrod Islands, Águila Islet, Western Chain, New Zealand, Masson Island, Broughton Island, New Zealand, Mariner Islands, Morgan Island, Aniline Island, Matthews Island, Gaston Islands, Lars Island, Casy Island, Barbiere Island, Gandara Island, Maranga Island, Needle Island, South Island, Bazzano Island, Babe Island. Excerpt: The Falkland Islands (pronounced; Spanish: ) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago, consisting of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands, is a self-governing British Overseas Territory. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland. Ever since the re-establishment of British rule in 1833, Argentina has claimed sovereignty. In pursuit of this claim, which is rejected by the islanders, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982. This precipitated the two-month-long undeclared Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom and resulted in the defeat and withdrawal of the Argentine forces. It is currently on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories. Since the war, there has been strong economic growth in both fisheries and tourism. The Falkland Islands took their English name from "Falkland Sound", the channel between the two main islands, which was in turn named after Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland by Captain John Strong, who landed on the islands in 1690. The Spanish name, Islas Malvinas, is derived from the French name, Îles Malouines, named by Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1764 after the first known settlers, mariners and fishermen from the Breton port of Saint-Malo in France. The ISO designation is Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and its ISO country code is FK. As a result of the continuing sovereignty dispute, the use of many Spanish names is considered offensive in the Falkland Islands, particularly those associated with the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands. General Sir Jeremy Moore would not allow the use of Islas Malvinas in the surrender document, dismissing it as a propaganda term. There is some evidence of visitation by Patagonian Indians but the islands were uninhabited when first discovered by European explorers. There is controversy over first discovery, with competing Portuguese, Spanish and