List of islands of the Falkland Islands


The following is a list of islands that form the Falkland Islands.

Main islands

IslandArea PopulationHeight
East Falkland6,605 km² 2197705
West Falkland4,532 km² 144700

Other islands

Small archipelagos


Name
Arch Islands
Passage Islands
Swan Islands
Tyssen Islands
Weddell Island Group

[Jason Islands]

None of the Jason Islands are permanently inhabited.
IslandArea Height
Elephant Jason2.60208
Flat Jason3.75?
Grand Jason13.80361
South Jason3.75ca. 300
Steeple Jason7.90263

Highest islands

RankIslandMountainHeight Height
1East FalklandMt Usborne7052,313
2West FalklandMt Adam7002,297
3Weddell IslandMt Weddell3831,257
4West Point IslandMt Misery3691,211
5Carcass IslandStanley Hill & Mt Bing304997

List of Falkland Islands named after people

This is a short list of islands, which are known to be named after someone. Until at least 1781, the Falklands as a whole were known as the Sebald or Sebaldine Island after Sebald de Weert, who sighted them and tried to make landfall on the Jason Islands in January 1600.
A list of the derivations of Spanish names, where they differ substantially from the English versions.