​​​​Lost Paradises - South America

FALKLANDS Islands (UK)

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf qand a British overseas territory. The archipelago, with an area of 4,700 square miles (12,200 km2), comprises East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 smaller islands. The islands' capital is Stanley on East Falkland.

In 1982, Argentine forces temporarily occupied the islands. British administration was restored two months later at the end of the Falklands War, but Argentina is still claiming the property of Islas Malvinas (spanish name).