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| latd = 51 | latm = 48 | lats = 22 | latNS = S | longd = 58 | longm = 47 | longs = 14 | longEW = W | coordinates_display = inline,title | coordinates_type = region:FK_scale:1250000_type:isle | coordinates_region = FK | subdivision_type = Location | subdivision_name = Atlantic Ocean | subdivision_type1 = Archipelago | subdivision_name1 = Falkland Islands | area_total_km2 = 6605 | area_rank = 1st | population_total = 2197 | population_as_of = 2001 | population_footnotes = 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 2001 Falkland Islands Census. ''Figure exclude persons aboard visiting vessels or the estimated number of people temporarily absent. It excludes serving military and their families, but not civilian staff at military bases''. )〕 | population_rank = 1st | population_density_km2 = auto | blank_name_sec1 = Highest elevation | blank_info_sec1 = 705 m (2,313 ft) | blank1_name_sec1 = Highest point | blank1_info_sec1 = Mount Usborne | blank_name_sec2 = Polity | blank_info_sec2 = Falkland Islands | blank1_name_sec2 = Largest settlement | blank1_info_sec2 = Stanley | footnotes = a.All islands in the Falkland Islands. b.All inhabited islands in the Falkland Islands. }} East Falkland ((スペイン語:Isla Soledad)) is the largest island of the Falklands in the South Atlantic having an area of or 54% of the total area of the Falklands. The island consists of two main land masses, the more southerly of which is known as Lafonia, joined by a narrow isthmus that was the scene of the Battle of Goose Green during the Falklands War. The two main centres of population in the Falklands, Stanley and Mount Pleasant, both of which are in the northern half of East Falkand are home to three quarters of the island's population. ==Geography== East Falkand, which has an area of , a little over half the total area of the islands consists of two land masses of approximately equal size. The island is almost bisected by two deep fjords, Choiseul Sound and Brenton Loch-Grantham Sound which are separated by the 〔Measured on Google Earth〕 wide isthmus that connects Lafonia in the south to the northern part of East Falkland. The island's coastline has many smaller bays, inlets and headlands.〔 The northern part of the island, apart from the coastal strip bordering the Choiseul Sound is largely underlain by Palaeozoic rocks in the form of quartzite and slate, which tend to form rugged landscapes and coastlines and to cause the soil to be poor and acidic. The principal range of hills, the Wickham Heights runs from east to west. The highest point of the range (also the highest point in the Falklands), is Mount Usborne which has a height of . The area away from the mountain range consists chiefly of low undulating ground, a mixture of pasture and morass, with many shallow freshwater tarns, and small streams running in the valleys. Two inlets, Berkeley Sound and Port William, run far into the land at the north-eastern extremity of the island and provide anchorage for shipping. In contrast, Lafonia is underlain by Mesozoic rocks (sandstone), a younger rock than the Palaeozoic rock to the north, giving a flatter landscape than is seen elsewhere on the island.〔〔 Other scenery includes stone runs, heathland, and bogs. Gypsy Cove is noted as a beauty spot. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「East Falkland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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