Middle Island, Falkland Islands
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Middle Island is one of the Hummock Island group in 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 ...
. It is near
West Falkland West Falkland ( es, Isla Gran Malvina) is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is , 37% of the total area of the islands. Its coastli ...
, to its west, near the estuary of the
Chartres River Chartres River is one of the two largest watercourses on West Falkland, along with the Warrah River. References Rivers of West Falkland {{Falklands-river-stub ...
in
King George Bay King George Bay () is a large bay on the coast of West Falkland in the Falkland Islands, facing westwards. There are three settlements on the bay Chartres, Dunnose Head and Roy Cove. Storm Mountain is on the north coast. It contains numerous ...
It is to the south east of
Hummock Island Hummock Island is the largest of a group of islands in King George Bay in the Falkland Islands. It has a land area of and is about long in a north-west to south-east direction. Hummock Island is off the western coast of West Falkland, in a ...
. Middle Island has a land area of and its cone rises to . It is believed that it was used for grazing for a short time before 1930 but has been not been grazed since then and is free of predators.PART II: Falkland Islands Important Bird Areas - Hummock Island Group


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Islands of the Falkland Islands {{Falklands-geo-stub