The Arch Islands (
Spanish
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* Spanish, Ontario, Ca ...
: ''Islotes Franceses''
) are a group of small islands, off
Port Albemarle
Port Albemarle ( Spanish: ''Puerto Santa Eufemia'') is a settlement on West Falkland, in the Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf ...
on
West Falkland
West Falkland ( es, Isla Gran Malvina) is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is , 37% of the total area of the islands. Its coast ...
in the
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubou ...
. They are uninhabited, and accessible only by boat. They are so called because the largest of the group has a natural arch in it, large enough to allow a fair sized boat through.
The islands include:
* Big Arch Island
* Clump Island
* Tussac Island
* Pyramid Rock
* Last Rock
* Albemarle Rock
References
Islands of the Falkland Islands
Natural arches
Uninhabited islands of the Falkland Islands
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