The Independent - London, January 19th, 2002
EIGHT THOUSAND MILES - WHY? To see some extraordinary landscapes, and to visit a place etched on many memories. The archipelago comprises two main islands, East and West Falkland, and more than 700 smaller islands. In total they cover an area roughly half the size of Wales, with a distance between the most easterly and westerly points of nearly 150 miles. Mount Usborne on East Falkland is the island's highest point at just over 2,000ft. More than 2,000 people currently live on the Falkland Islands, the majority in the capital, Port Stanley (always truncated to Stanley). Although thousands of...
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