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Island chain

Antarctic coast islands

Southern Ocean / Antarctica · 3 inhabited · 5 uninhabited documented

Sub-Antarctic and maritime-Antarctic islands off the Southern Ocean — the Falklands (~1,300 km north of the Antarctic Peninsula) as the main civilian gateway, King George Island in the South Shetlands (~120 km off the peninsula) with Chile's Villa Las Estrellas, plus documented uninhabited islands (South Georgia, Deception, Livingston, Elephant, and the South Sandwich arc). Uninhabited profiles cover geography and Antarctic Treaty access — not relocation destinations.

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Inhabited islands

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  • Falkland Islands (East)

    Main town: Stanley · pop. 3,662

    Language(s): English

    Hospital: full hospital on island

    3 schools documented

  • West Falkland

    Main town: Port Howard / Fox Bay · pop. 149

    Language(s): English

    Hospital: No full hospital on island · Nearest full hospital on Falkland Islands (East) (Road / internal flight to Stanley (~35 mi from MPC) ferry)

    1 school documented

Uninhabited islands

Documented for geography and access context — not relocation destinations. Gray pins on the map when included.

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