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Malvinas (other)
Malvinas is the Spanish name for the Falkland Islands, an archipelago in the south Atlantic Ocean which is a British Overseas Territory. Malvinas, Malvinas Islands or Islas Malvinas may also refer to: * Malvinas Islands (Chile), a group of islands in the General Carrera Lake, Chile * Malvinas Day, a public holiday in Argentina * Malvinas Current, an Atlantic current which is also known as the Falkland Current * Estadio Islas Malvinas, home ground of Buenos Aires's All Boys club * HMS ''Tiger Bay'', a vessel of the Royal Navy until 1986, formerly PNA ''Islas Malvinas'' of the Argentine Naval Prefectureas * Las Malvinas Airport, an airport in Peru See also * Malvinas Argentinas Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina * Malvinas Argentinas, Córdoba, a municipality in Argentina * " March of the Malvinas", an Argentine song composed in 1939 * Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport, Rosario, Argentina * Malvina (other) * Malvinas Argentinas (other) M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Dubouzet at the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, at a latitude of about 52°S. The archipelago, with an area of , comprises East Falkland, West Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. As a British overseas territory, the Falklands have internal self-governance, but the United Kingdom takes responsibility for their defence and foreign affairs. The capital and largest settlement is Stanley on East Falkland. Controversy exists over the Falklands' discovery and subsequent colonisation by Europeans. At various times, the islands have had French, British, Spanish, and Argentine settlements. Britain reasserted its rule in 1833, but Argentina maintains its claim to the islands. In April 1982, Argentine military forces invaded the islands. British a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe and Asia from the "New World" of the Americas in the European perception of the World. The Atlantic Ocean occupies an elongated, S-shaped basin extending longitudinally between Europe and Africa to the east, and North and South America to the west. As one component of the interconnected World Ocean, it is connected in the north to the Arctic Ocean, to the Pacific Ocean in the southwest, the Indian Ocean in the southeast, and the Southern Ocean in the south (other definitions describe the Atlantic as extending southward to Antarctica). The Atlantic Ocean is divided in two parts, by the Equatorial Counter Current, with the North(ern) Atlantic Ocean and the South(ern) Atlantic Ocean split at about 8°N. Scientific explorations of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malvinas Islands (Chile)
Malvinas Islands are located south of ''Puerto Sánchez'' in the General Carrera Lake, Aisén Region of Chile. See also * Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez * List of islands of Chile External links Recopilación de Reglamentos Contraloría General de la República de Chile The Comptroller General of Chile (General Accounting Office) is a constitutionally autonomous body of the Government of Chile based on chapter 10 of the Constitution of Chile and it is in charge of the control of the legal aspects, management, prea ..., 1970 * Yoshihiko AKAGILandforms around the Lago General Carrera Islands of Aysén Region Lake islands of Chile {{Aysén-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malvinas Day
Malvinas Day (), officially Day of the Veterans and Fallen of the Malvinas War (''Día del Veterano y de los Caídos en la Guerra de las Malvinas''), is a public holiday in Argentina, observed each year on 2 April. The name refers to the Falkland Islands, known in Spanish as the ''Islas Malvinas''. Overview The holiday is a tribute to Argentina's soldiers killed in the Falklands War, which began with the Argentine invasion of the islands on 2 April 1982. A total of 649 Argentines—633 military and 16 civilian—lost their lives during the 74-day occupation. Malvinas Day was first introduced on 22 November 2000, and replaced the "Day of Argentine Sovereignty over the Malvinas, Sandwich and South Atlantic Islands" (''Día de los Derechos Argentinos sobre las Islas Malvinas, Sandwich y del Atlántico Sur'') observed on 10 June, which had until then commemorated the appointment by Buenos Aires of Luis Vernet as governor of the islands in 1829. Malvinas Day is not observed in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malvinas Current
The Falkland Current (also called Malvinas Current or Falklands Current) is a cold water current that flows northward along the Atlantic coast of Patagonia as far north as the mouth of the Río de la Plata. This current results from the movement of water from the West Wind Drift as it rounds Cape Horn. It takes its name from the Falkland Islands ( es, Islas Malvinas). This cold current mixes with the tropical Brazil Current in the Argentine Sea (see Brazil–Falkland Confluence), giving it its temperate climate.Ecorregión Mar Argentino The current is an equatorward flowing current that carries cold and relatively fresh water. The Falkland Current is a branch of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Islas Malvinas
Estadio Islas Malvinas is a football stadium in Floresta, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the home ground for All Boys. The stadium holds 12,199 spectators and opened in 1963. The stadium's name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over 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 Dubouzet ... (''Islas Malvinas'' in Spanish). The stadium has been refurbished several times. The most important work was the construction of a second tier on the Mercedes street side. In August 2001, a new stand was opened with an Argentina national U-20 team match. The new stand was built behind the goal on the Miranda street side. In 2006 the stand made of wooden planks by Chivilcoy street was dismantled, and in September of that year they began construction of the new cement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Tiger Bay
HMS ''Tiger Bay'' was a Z-28-class patrol boat operated by the British Royal Navy, previously the Argentine Coast Guard vessel PNA ''Islas Malvinas'' (GC-82), which was seized at Port Stanley by the crew of on 14 June 1982 following the Argentine surrender during the Falklands War. Operational history ''Islas Malvinas'' was one of 20 vessels of the class built for Argentina by Blohm + Voss of Hamburg, Germany, all of which entered service in 1978. Following the invasion of the Falkland Islands on 2 April 1982, ''Islas Malvinas'' and her sister ship ''Rio Iguazú'', sailed from Puerto Nuevo, Buenos Aires, on 6 April, with stops to take on fuel and supplies at Puerto Madryn and Puerto Deseado. The two ships then sailed the to Port Stanley, arriving on 13 April. The next day they were repainted from white to brown and green camouflage colours. ''Islas Malvinas'' was employed in various tasks, including reconnaissance patrols, radar sweeps, search and rescue missions, and pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Malvinas Airport
Las Malvinas/Echarate Airport is an airport serving the Las Malvinas natural gas plant in the Cusco Region of Peru. The runway is adjacent to the plant, and is the primary transport access to it. No towns are near the plant, which is on the Urubamba River. The plant processes natural gas from the Camisea gas fields and sends it along two pipelines for export and domestic use. The Malvinas VOR-DME (Ident: MLV) and non-directional beacon (Ident MLV) are located on the field. See also *Transport in Peru *List of airports in Peru This is a list of airports in Peru, sorted by location. Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country located in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia ... References External linksOpenStreetMap - Las Malvinas [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malvinas Argentinas Partido
Malvinas Argentinas Partido is a '' partido'' in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area. It has an area of and according to the preliminary results of the 2010 Census, the population was 321,833 inhabitants. (). Its name reflects Argentina's disputed claims of sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (''Islas Malvinas'' in Spanish). It was created on October 20, 1994 by Provincial Law #11551, taking some of the territory of former General Sarmiento Partido. Los Polvorines is its capital, founded on the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano railway, along with the neighboring town of Del Viso. The union of the lands around these two train stations originated the district. By Decree #4520, the federal government on 17 December 1908, created the train stop ''Los Polvorines'', which name came from the ''Sargento Cabral'' munitions depot (''polvorín'' in Spanish), established by the Argentine Army nearby. Settlements *El Triángulo *Los Polvorines *Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malvinas Argentinas, Córdoba
Malvinas Argentinas is a municipality in the Department of Colón of Córdoba Province, Argentina. Its population is 8,628 (2001 Census), showing a 67% increase since the previous census (1991). It is a working-class suburb of Córdoba City, one of the poorest places in the Province. More than 26% of the people over 15 have not completed their elementary schooling. The municipality's name reflects Argentina's claims of sovereignty over 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 Dubouzet ... (''Islas Malvinas'' in Spanish), and could be translated as "Argentine Falklands". References Populated places in Córdoba Province, Argentina {{CórdobaAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March Of The Malvinas
The Marcha de las Malvinas (in English: ''March of the Falklands'') is a patriotic anthem of Argentina. It is sung in demonstrations to assert Argentina sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands (in Spanish: Islas Malvinas) and was prominently broadcast by the military government (controlled media during the Falklands War). On March 3, 1948, it was premiered by the Argentine National Symphony Orchestra. Since 2017, it is also the official anthem of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands province Tierra del Fuego (Spanish for "''Land of Fire''"; ), officially the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands (Spanish: ''Provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur''), is the southernmost, sm .... The lyrics were written by the Argentine poet Carlos Obligado and the music was composed by José Tieri. They won a 1939 contest organised by the ''Junta de Recuperación de las Malvinas'' (''Falklands Recovery Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport
Rosario – Islas Malvinas International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional de Rosario – Islas Malvinas) , formerly known as Fisherton International Airport, is located west-northwest from the center of Rosario, a city in the Santa Fe Province of Argentina. The airport covers an area of and is operated by the Province of Santa Fe. The airport serves the Greater Rosario area and is served by Aerolíneas Argentinas and COPA. There are domestic flights within Argentina from Rosario to Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Salta, Puerto Iguazú, San Carlos de Bariloche, El Calafate, Mar del Plata (via Buenos Aires), Mendoza (vía Córdoba), Santa Fe (via Buenos Aires) and Villa Gesell (only in summer, via Buenos Aires), as well as international services to Panama. The airport is at an elevation of and the runway is . A new terminal was constructed between 2003 and 2004, effectively making Rosario an international airport. During the first years of the 21st century the Rosar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
