Cross country skiing on Rongé Island

The Falkland Islands (English: /ˈf(l)kləndˈfɒlk-/; Spanish: Islas Malvinas Spanish: [ˈizlaz malˈβinas]) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouzet at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago, with an area of , comprises East Falkland, West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. As a British overseas territory, th…