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English: The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 300 miles off the coast of Argentina. They consist of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, together with about 700 smaller islands. Stanley, on East Falkland, is the capital and largest city. The islands are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.

Deutsch: Topographische Karte der Falklandinseln im südlichen Atlantik, englische Version; deutsche Version hier

English: The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 300 miles off the coast of Argentina. They consist of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, together with about 700 smaller islands. Stanley, on East Falkland, is the capital and largest city. The islands are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.

Français : Carte topographique en anglais des Îles Malouines. Les Malouines forment un archipel dans l'Océan Atlantique Sud à 480 km des côtes argentines. Il est composé de deux îles principales, East Falkland et West Falkland, et de 700 autres îles et îlots. Stanley, sur East Falkland, est la capitale et la plus grande agglomération de l'archipel. Les Malouines sont un territoire d'outre-mer du Royaume-Uni.

Português: Mapa topográfico (em inglês) das Ilhas Malvinas, um arquipélago no sul do Oceano Atlântico, a 300 milhas da costa da Argentina. Consiste de duas ilhas, Soledad a leste e Gran Malvina, a oeste, junto com cerca de 700 outras ilhotas. A capital (e maior cidade) é Stanley. As Malvinas são um território autónomo do Reino Unido.

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English: The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 300 miles off the coast of Argentina. They consist of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, together with about 700 smaller islands. Stanley, on East Falkland, is the capital and largest city. The islands are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.

Français : Carte topographique en anglais des Îles Malouines. Les Malouines forment un archipel dans l'Océan Atlantique Sud à 480 km des côtes argentines. Il est composé de deux îles principales, East Falkland et West Falkland, et de 700 autres îles et îlots. Stanley, sur East Falkland, est la capitale et la plus grande agglomération de l'archipel. Les Malouines sont un territoire autonome du Royaume-Uni.

Português: Mapa topográfico (em inglês) das Ilhas Malvinas, um arquipélago no sul do Oceano Atlântico, a 300 milhas da costa da Argentina. Consiste de duas ilhas, Soledad a leste e Gran Malvina, a oeste, junto com cerca de 700 outras ilhotas. A capital (e maior cidade) é Stanley. As Malvinas são um território autónomo do Reino Unido.

Source

Own work ;
Topographic map : NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM3 v.2) (public domain) edited with dlgv32 Pro/Global Mapper and vectorized with Inkscape ; UTM projection ; WGS84 datum ; shaded relief (composite image of N-W, W and N lightning positions) ;
Approximate scale of topographic data and shore / lakes limits : 1:705,000 ; of the bathymetry : 1:3.720.000
Bathymetry : USGov public domain data provided by the Demis add-on for World Wind (see the approval e-mail) ;
Other references used for additional data :
* UK government map ;
* NASA World Wind ;
* CIA map available on the site of the University of Texas at Austin ;
* Microsoft Encarta atlas (1999 edition).
Note : The shaded relief is a raster image embedded in the SVG file which increases its size. If you want a lighter map for other purposes, delete the shaded relief image in your file.

Date

November 2007 using elements from the original version of April 2007

Author

Eric Gaba (Sting)

Permission
(Reusing this image)

GFDL or Creative Commons – Attribution – Share-Alike – 2.5

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Deutsch	English	Español	Español, topónimos argentinos
Français	Norsk (bokmål)	Norsk (nynorsk)	Dansk
Italiano	Polski	Hrvatski

English, only with shaded relief

Français, seulement avec relief ombré

Français :

Sujet : Carte topographique en anglais des îles Malouines ;
Sources : Création personnelle

Données topographiques : NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM3 v.2) (domaine public) édité avec dlgv32 Pro/Global Mapper et vectorisé avec Inkscape ; projection UTM ; WGS84 datum ; relief ombré (image composite d'éclairages du N-O, O et N) ;
Bathymétrie : Données du gouvernement des ÉUA dans le domaine public fournies par l'add-on Demis pour World Wind (voir le courriel d'approbation) ;
Autres références utilisées pour les données complémentaires :

carte du gouvernement britannique ;
NASA World Wind ;
carte de la CIA disponible sur le site de l'Université du Texas à Austin ;
Atlas Microsoft Encarta (édition 1999) ;

Échelle approximative :

1:705 000 (données topographiques et tracés des côtes / lacs) ;
1:3 720 000 (bathymétrie) ;

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Auteur : Eric Gaba (fr:Sting) ;
Date : Novembre 2007, sur la base d'une version originale d'avril 2007.
Autre version : francophone : Image:Falkland_Islands_topographic_map-fr.svg

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:38, 19 December 2008		2,550×1,990 (1.93 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to version as of 03:38, 14 November 2007: please upload the translated version under a specific name)
	18:26, 19 December 2008		2,550×1,990 (1.93 MB)	Vitek (Talk \| contribs)	(this is just croatian translation)
	03:38, 14 November 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.93 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(New version more accurate and with shaded relief)
	01:18, 16 June 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.03 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Reverted to earlier revision)
	01:03, 16 June 2007		2,550×1,990 (2.14 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Trying to fix the bug on WP-en #8)
	00:40, 16 June 2007		2,550×1,990 (2.01 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Trying to fix the bug on WP-en #7 (really boring...))
	00:29, 16 June 2007		2,550×1,990 (2.08 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Trying to fix the bug on WP-en #6 (OK, the problem comes from the shaded relief raster image))
	00:20, 16 June 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.03 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Trying to fix the bug on WP-en #5)
	00:18, 16 June 2007		2,550×1,990 (2 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Trying to fix the bug on WP-en #4)
	00:09, 16 June 2007		2,550×1,990 (2 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Trying to fix the bug on WP-en #3)
	23:59, 15 June 2007		2,550×1,990 (2.03 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Trying to fix the bug on WP-en #2)
	23:22, 15 June 2007		2,550×1,990 (2 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Trying to fix the bug on WP-en)
	01:46, 5 May 2007		2,550×1,990 (2.03 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	("Grantham Sound" : forgotten translation)
	15:10, 2 May 2007		2,550×1,990 (2.03 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Taking out old demographic data)
	18:37, 5 April 2007		2,550×1,990 (2.03 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Enhanced shaded relief)
	04:54, 5 April 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.85 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)
	04:29, 5 April 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.86 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Again)
	04:02, 5 April 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.93 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Again)
	03:56, 5 April 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.93 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Same display problem)
	03:38, 5 April 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.93 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Forgotten text)
	03:18, 5 April 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.93 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(New try)
	03:03, 5 April 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.06 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Upload without shaded relief)
	02:50, 5 April 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.86 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	(Display bug)
	02:36, 5 April 2007		2,550×1,990 (1.86 MB)	Sting (Talk \| contribs)	({{Information \|Description={{en}}The '''Falkland Islands''' are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 300 miles off the coast of Argentina. They consist of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, together with about 700 smalle)