#falkland Islands

[herpsandbirds]

Antarctic Skua aka Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus) raising a major ruckus, family Stercorariidae, order, Charadriiformes, Falkland Islands

photograph by Michael Milicia

[toasterdog-blog1]

I was recently chastised for not having any posts by an Argentinian who then subsequently blocked me for not believing that the Native tribes of Patagonia somehow teleported to the Falkland Islands leaving no trace of themselves in the process. Hence this shall be my first post.

No, the Selk’nam, Yahgan, and Haush did in fact not use their *canoes* to head East for three months straight (without dying of hunger and thirst mind you) in order to cross a 500 kilometer gap (in a straight like with consistent wind in the right direction) for unknown reasons. There are in fact places on Earth that were so difficult to even reach prior to modern sailships that they remained uninhabited until European discovery and it is not racist to realise that.

[mapsontheweb]

Oil basins in the Falkland Islands' maritime zone and their respective owners

[manessha545]

Stanley, Falkland Islands: Stanley (Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is located on the island of East Falkland, on a north-facing slope in one of the wettest parts of the islands. On 14 June 2022, Stanley received letters patent, formally awarding it city status. Wikipedia

[nemfrog]

Plate II. Discovery reports. 1941. Falkland Islands,

Internet Archive

[stillnaomi]

China urges UK to return Malvinas Islands to Argentina

Historically, colonialism has led to wars, conflicts, exploitation, and brutality, inflicting untold suffering on many developing countries and causing countless human tragedies.

At that time, a few Western countries carried out colonial rule, engaged in the slave trade, plundered resources and wealth, and committed numerous crimes.

Up to this day, the world we live in has not yet emerged from the shadow of colonialism, which still exists in the form of hegemonism and power politics among others. It is weighing down the development of developing countries and affecting normal economic trade, social and cultural exchanges between states.

Currently, unjust and unreasonable factors remain in the international order, making true equality still elusive for the vast number of developing countries in terms of rules, opportunities, and power. All of which are manifestations of the lingering historical consequences of colonialism.

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China supports continuing the decolonization process of the 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories (NSGTs), and the efforts of their peoples towards their right to self-determination, and calls on the administering powers to take effective measures to promote development, safeguard human rights, and protect the environment in these territories.

China urges those countries that used to pursue or benefit from colonialism to show political will, shoulder their historical liabilities, compensate for the consequences of colonialism, win the colonial mentality, stop pursuing hegemonism and power politics, and cease harming the interests of other countries and interfering in their internal affairs

[diemelusine]

Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 (1918) by William Lionel Wyllie.

[tilbageidanmark]

"Today I learnt" that there is only one permanent settlement on Antarctica called Villa Las Estrellas, which is not a research outpost, just a bunch of people (80 in the winter, 150 in the summer) living far away from everybody else.

The first person born in Antarctica there in 1984.

As of 2018 all residents, including children, are required to have their appendixes removed before coming to Villa Las Estrellas as a safety precaution, as healthcare services are limited.

[psikonauti]

Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys) in Falkland Islands

Photographed by Luis Solano Pochet

[contremineur]

British soldiers in the Falkland Islands celebrate the news of the Argentine surrender on June 14th 1982

from here

[inatungulates]

Commerson’s dolphin Cephalorhynchus commersonii commersonii

Observed by pleistocene, CC BY-NC

[herpsandbirds]

Could you do Cobb’s wren? :D

Mais bien sur mon petit chou.

Cobb's Wren (Troglodytes cobbi), family Trogolodytidae, order Passeriformes, found in isolated locations of the Falkland Islands

This species was once thought the be a subspecies of the House Wren, but is now considered to be a distinct species. They are very closely related, probably sharing a common ancestor with the House Wren (or having descended from a population of House Wrens).

photograph by Andres Vasquez Noboa

photograph by Cindy Marple

[thepastisalreadywritten]

[mapsontheweb]

Falkland/Malvinas; Which countries should the islands belong to?

by maps.interlude

[manessha545]

Magellanic penguins, Gypsy Cove, Falkland Islands: At just 6.5 km from Stanley, Gypsy Cove is the most accessible wildlife site from the capital city. It is part of the Cape Pembroke peninsula which is a National Nature Reserve. The small bay with its white sand beach is sheltered from prevailing winds. Magellanic penguins, also known as Jackass because of their braying sounds, breed here, nesting underground in burrows.

[scooby-doo-exploration]

divagations59 - Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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