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The Falklan Islands (Spanish: Islas Malvinas) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located 300 miles (483 km) from the coast of Argentina, 671 miles (1,080 km) west of the Shag Rocks (South Georgia), and 584 miles (940 km) north of the British Antarctic Territory (which overlaps with the Argentine and Chilean claims to Antarctica in that region). They consist of two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland, together with 776 smaller islands.Stanley, on East Falkland, is the capital. The islands are a self-governing Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, but have been the subject of a claim to sovereignty by Argentina since the re-establishment of British rule in 1833.

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  • The crisis over these islands escalated into a war
  • Little dots of nothing called the Shag Rocks lie about 700 miles east of these islands, subject of a 1980s conflict
  • On June14, 1982 Argentine forces surrendered to British forces on these islands
  • This South Atlantic island group's flag is seen here
  • The flag of these South Atlantic islands features a Union Jack, a sailing ship & a ram

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