The Arch Islands (
Spanish
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* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
: ''Islotes Franceses''
) are a group of small islands, off
Port Albemarle
Port Albemarle (Spanish: ''Puerto Santa Eufemia'') is a settlement on West Falkland, in the Falkland Islands. It is in the far south of the island, on the east side, at the southern end of Falkland Sound.
Owing to its large harbour, Albemarle be ...
on
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 ...
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 Dubouze ...
. They are uninhabited, and accessible only by boat. They are so called because the largest of the group has a natural arch in it, large enough to allow a fair sized boat through.
The islands include:
* Big Arch Island
* Clump Island
* Tussac Island
* Pyramid Rock
* Last Rock
* Albemarle Rock
References
Islands of the Falkland Islands
Natural arches
Uninhabited islands of the Falkland Islands
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