Middle Island, Falkland Islands
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Middle Island is one of the Hummock Island group in the
Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, 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 from Cape Dub ...
. It is near
West Falkland West Falkland () 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 coastline is long. Popula ...
, to its west, near the estuary of the Chartres River in King George Bay It is to the south east of Hummock Island. 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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