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The following is a list of the Spanish/Argentine names for various places in the Falklands/Malvinas. Many of them are quite different in origin to their English equivalents, and only a handful of Spanish language names remain in the islands. Many of the Spanish names have religious resonances.
Please note that these names are almost never used by residents of the islands themselves, and some of them, such as "Puerto Argentino" may be considered offensive by them. The use of English names is likewise offensive to Argentines
Map Spanish language/Argentine names
[edit] Names of islands
[edit] Names of Settlements
| English language name |
Spanish language name |
Notes |
|
| Stanley |
Puerto Argentino (Puerto Stanley) |
"PA" is favoured by supporters of the Argentine claim |
| Port San Carlos |
_Puerto San Carlos |
Darwin |
Darwin |
| Goose Green |
Prado del Ganso |
| Port Louis |
Puerto San Luis |
Both names derive from French original |
[edit] Land Features
| English language name |
Spanish language name |
Notes |
|
| Cape Dolphin |
Cabo Leal |
| Mount Usborne |
Co. Alberdi |
| Mount Adam |
Monte Independencia |
[edit] Marine features
(B. = Bahia (bay)
| English language name |
Spanish language name |
Notes |
|
| Falkland Sound |
Estrecho de San Carlos |
English name comes from the Sound; San Carlos Water has a narrower meaning in English |
| Scotia Sea |
Mar Argentino |
Both names make references to countries |
| Choiseul Sound |
Seno Choiseul |
| Berkeley Sound |
Bahia de la Anunciacion |
| Adventure Sound |
B. del Laberinto |
| Bay of Harbours |
B. de los Abrigos |
| Berkeley Sound |
B. de la Anunciacion |
| Grantham Sound |
B. de Ruiz Puente |
| Foul Bay |
B. Sucla |
| Port Albemarle |
B. Santa Eufemia |
| Queen Charlotte Bay |
B. San Julián |
| Port Edgar |
Puerto Edgardo |
| King George Bay |
B. 9 de Julio |
| Byron Sound |
B. San Francisco de Paula |
| Keppel Sound |
B. de la Cruzada |
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