Broken Island, Falkland Islands
Island in Falkland Islands
51°20′38″S 59°40′23″W / 51.344°S 59.673°W / -51.344; -59.673Broken Island is one of the Falkland Islands, in Byron Sound, due north of West Falkland.
Geography and geology
The island gains its name from its terrain which contains many bays, and inlets. It has a central portion in a circular shape, with one spit extending to the west, and another to the east, in twisted fashion. It is shaped like and S on its side.
There are a number of small islets off it.
It is due south of Pebble Island and east of Golding Island.
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Falkland Islands
Capital: Port Stanley
- 1770 Falklands crisis
- 1833 British Reassertion
- Hope Place
- Port Egmont
- Puerto Soledad
- 1982 invasion
- Falklands War
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- Constitution
- Falkland Islands pound (currency)
- Government House
- Governor
- Legislative Assembly
- Representative Office, London
- Sovereignty dispute
- Falkland Islands Company
- Falkland Islands Development Corporation
- Falkland Islands General Employees Union
- Falkland Landholdings Corporation
- Falklands Oil and Gas
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(*) Sixth-formers attend Peter Symonds College in England and national diploma/NVQ students attend Chichester College in England
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