User:MacRusgail/Falklands
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
Names of islands
[edit]| English language name | Spanish language name | Notes | |
| Falkland Islands | Islas Malvinas | Spanish is from French | |
| West Falkland | Gran Malvina | Despite Spanish name, island is smaller than East Falkland | |
| East Falkland | Isla Soledad | ||
| Barren Island | Isla Pelada | ||
| Beaver Island | Isla San Rafael | ||
| Beauchene Island | Isla Beauchéne | ||
| Bleaker Island | Isla Maria | ||
| Carcass Island | Isla del Rosario | ||
| George Island | Isla Jorge | ||
| Great Island | Isla Grande | ||
| Jason Islands | Isla Sebaldes | "Sebald Islands" was once applied to whole archipelago | |
| Keppel Island | Isla Vigia | ||
| Lively Island | Isla Bougainville | ||
| New Island | Isla Goicoechea | ||
| Pebble Island | Isla (de) Borbón/Isla Bourbon | ||
| Ruggles Island | Isla Calista | ||
| Saunders Island | Isla Trinidad | ||
| Sea Lion Island | Isla de los Leones Marinos | Directly equivalent | |
| Speedwell Island | Isla Águila | Formerly "Eagle Island" | |
| Staats Island | |||
| Weddell Island | Isla San José | Formerly "Swan Island" | |
| West Point Island | Isla Remolinos | Formerly "Albatross Island" |
Names of Settlements
[edit]| 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 |
Land Features
[edit]| English language name | Spanish language name | Notes | |
| Cape Dolphin | Cabo Leal | ||
| Mount Usborne | Co. Alberdi | ||
| Mount Adam | Monte Independencia |
Marine features
[edit](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 |
