Barren Island, Falkland Islands

Island in Falkland Islands

Barren Island

Isla Pelada

Island

Barren Island

Barren Island shown within the Falkland Islands

Coordinates: 52°22′33″S 59°42′00″W﻿ / ﻿52.37583°S 59.70000°W﻿ / -52.37583; -59.70000
Country| Falkland Islands
Area

• Total| 11.5 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Time zone| UTC−3 (FKST)
If shown, area and population ranks are for all islands and all inhabited islands in the Falklands respectively.

Barren Island (Spanish: Isla Pelada) is one of the Falkland Islands, lying south west of East Falkland and south east of George Island. It is separated from Lafonia by Eagle Passage. Its total area is 11.5 square kilometres (4.4 sq mi).

It, together with George Island is run as a sheep farm and the tourism there is well run. The island is free of rats, and this is important for the survival of small songbirds.[1]

There are two listed buildings on Barren Island, a house and a woolshed.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "PART II: Falkland Islands Important Bird Areas - Speedwell Island Group" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
2. ^ "Falkland Islands Information Web Portal". Buildings and Structures in the Falkland Islands designated as being of Architectural or Historic Interest. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.

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Falkland Islands

Capital: Port Stanley

History|

* 1770 Falklands crisis
* 1833 British Reassertion
* Hope Place
* Port Egmont
* Puerto Soledad
* 1982 invasion
* Falklands War

Geography|

| Islands|

* Arch
* Bald
* Barclay
* Barren
* Beaver
* Becher
* Beauchene
* Beef
* Bird
* Bleaker
* Bobs
* Box
* Brandy
* Broken
* Burdwood Bank
* Burnt
* Carcass
* Cochon
* Coffin
* Dunbar
* Dyke
* Ear
* East Falkland
* Lafonia
* East
* Eddystone Rock
* Elephant Cays
* Eddystone Rock
* Fox
* George
* Golding
* Great
* Green
* Halt
* High
* Hog
* Hummock
* Jason
* Kelp
* Keppel
* Kidney
* Lively
* Long
* New
* North East
* North Point
* Passage
* Pebble
* Penn
* Phillimore
* Pleasant
* Quaker
* Rabbit
* Ruggles
* Rum
* Samuel
* Sandy Bay
* Saunders
* Sea Dog
* Sea Lion
* Seal Rocks
* Shag
* Speedwell
* Split
* Staats
* Swan
* Tea
* Tussac
* Tyssen
* Weddell
* West Falkland
* West Point
* Whisky

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Locations|

* Airport
* Ajax Bay
* Bay of Harbours
* Bertha's Beach
* Brenton Loch
* Bull Point
* Byron Heights
* Camp
* Cape Bougainville
* Cape Pembroke
* Chatham
* Circum Peak
* Darwin
* Eagle Passage
* Falkland Sound
* Fox Bay
* French
* Goose Green
* Grantham Sound
* Green Patch
* Gull
* Hill Cove
* Hope Harbour
* Hornby Mountains
* Horse
* Johnson's Harbour
* Lafonia
* Loop
* Mount Adam
* Mount Alice
* Mount Maria
* Mount Usborne
* Mount Weddell
* New Haven
* New Year Cove
* North Arm
* Pebble Island Settlement
* Pillar
* Pleasant Peak
* Port Albemarle
* Port Howard
* Port Louis
* Port Patterson
* Port San Carlos
* Port Stephens
* Quaker Harbour
* Race
* Salvador
* San Carlos
* Seal Bay
* Smylie Channel
* Stanley
* Stanley Harbour
* Swan
* Volunteer Point
* Weddell Point
* Weddell Settlement

Military|

* Falkland Islands Defence Force
* Mare Harbour
* RAF Mount Pleasant
* RRH Mount Kent
* RRH Byron Heights
* RRH Mount Alice

Politics|

* Chief Executive
* Constitution
* Falkland Islands pound (currency)
* Government House
* Governor
* list
* Legislative Assembly
* Representative Office, London
* Sovereignty dispute

Economy|

* Falkland Islands Company
* Falkland Islands Development Corporation
* Falkland Islands General Employees Union
* Falkland Landholdings Corporation
* Falklands Oil and Gas

Society|

* Education
* Falkland Islands Community School
* Falkland Islanders
* Origins
* Falklands Conservation
* Human rights
* LGBT
* Languages
* Falkland Islands English
* Telecommunications
* Internet domain
* Transport
* Law Enforcement

Culture|

* Anglican parish
* Coat of arms
* Flag
* Motto
* Religion
* Christ Church Cathedral
* Roman Catholicism
* Scouting and Guiding

Sport|

* Commonwealth Games
* Cricket team
* Football team
* Rifle Association
* Rugby union

(*) Sixth-formers attend Peter Symonds College in England and national diploma/NVQ students attend Chichester College in England

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