where is the falkland islands
Falklands and Malvinas redirect here. For other uses, see Falklands (disambiguation) and Malvinas (disambiguation). The Falkland Islands (/ËfÉËlklÉnd/; Spanish: Islas Malvinas, pronounced: [Ëizlaz malËÎ²inas]) are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about 300 miles (483 kilometres) east of South America's southern Patagonian coast, at a latitude of about 52Â°S.