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FIe 165 images Created 19 May 2021

FIe - Falkland Islands
Description: Wildlife and landscapes of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), during 3 separate visits. 
Details: Photos captured in Falkland Islands from 2008 

This is part of the AlpenImage Photography Archive, a vast image collection from around the world shot by Gordon Wiltsie. For more information about this gallery, or to browse the entire archive explore our interactive database at https://www.alpenimage.com/database
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  • Mike Butcher, an ardent anti-whaling resident of Port Stanley, the capital of Britain's Falkland Islands, has built a display of whale bone sculptures to show the creatures' magnificance.
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  • The 'Lady Elizabeth,' a British 3-masted barque that hit a rock near Port Stanley in the  Falkland Islands, never sailed again after 1913 and remains an historic part of the view from the town.
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  • The 'Lady Elizabeth,' a British 3-masted barque that hit a rock near Port Stanley in the  Falkland Islands, never sailed again after 1913 and remains an historic part of the view from the town.
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  • Minefields laid by the Argentine army during the Falklands (Malvinas) War are a widespread threat around Port Stanley and other parts of the Falkland Islands.
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  • Minefields laid by the Argentine army during the Falklands (Malvinas) War are a widespread threat around Port Stanley and other parts of the Falkland Islands.
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  • Minefields laid by the Argentine army during the Falklands (Malvinas) War are a widespread threat around Port Stanley and other parts of the Falkland Islands.
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  • Signs on the "Totem Pole' outside Port Stanley in Britain's Falkland Islands point north to home towns of soldiers who fought in the 1982 Falklands War.
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  • Saint Mary's Catholic church in Port Stanley, the major town in BritainsFalkland Islands.
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  • A lush garden grows behind a home in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.
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  • A street scene in Port Stanley, the capital and only real city in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A huge arch made from two blue whale jaws stands in front of Christ Church Cathedral in Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands.  The arch, built in 1933, commemorates 100 years of British rule.
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  • A huge arch made from two blue whale jaws stands in front of Christ Church Cathedral in Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands.  The arch, built in 1933, commemorates 100 years of British rule.
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  • Gardens surround Christ Church Cathedral in Port Stanley, capital of Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Gardens surround Christ Church Cathedral in Port Stanley, capital of Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A huge arch made from two blue whale jaws stands in front of Christ Church Cathedral in Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands.  The arch, built in 1933, commemorates 100 years of British rule.
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  • Gardens surround Christ Church Cathedral in Port Stanley, capital of Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Ship-bourn tourists enjoy local hospitality in the Globe Tavern, in Port Stanley, Capital of Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Various flotsam washes ashore on a beach on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Various flotsam washes ashore on a beach on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Magellanic Penguins flock together on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Magellanic Penguins flock together on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Magellanic Penguins flock together on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A piece of kelp, a feather and a shell grace a beach on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A kelp leaf lies on a beach on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A wave washes a kelp leaf on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Liches and tussock grass adorn sedimentary rock on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A flightless Falkland Steamer Duck<br />
(Tachyeres brachypterus) stands on a beach at Carcass Island In Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Falkland Pipit stands on lichen-covered rocks on Carcass Island, Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," perches on a rock on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," perches on a rock on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," perches on a rock on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," perches on a rock on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," perches on a rock on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," perches on a rock on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," perches on a rock on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A flightless Falkland Steamer Duck<br />
(Tachyeres brachypterus) stands on a beach at Carcass Island In Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Tourists walk on a beach on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A bird hides in grass on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Ship-bourn tourists enjoy cookies and tea in the home of a resident of Carcass Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • A decaying shed slowly collapses on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • An anti-whaling sign adorns an abandoned shed on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," perches on a beach on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," walks over tourist footprints on a beach on Carcass Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A gorse bush (Ulex sp.) grows on Carcass Island in the British Falkland Islands.
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  • New Zealand Cabbage Palms alms grow on the shore of Carcass Island in the otherwise largely-treeless British Falkland Islands.
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  • A Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) stands on a rock on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) stands on a rock on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) stands on a rock on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands. Behind is the geo-tourism ship, National Geographic Endeavor.
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  • Dried kelp root lies on a beach on Carcass Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • Lichens cover rocks on a beach on Carcass Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • Raindrops coat a feather on Carcass Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • A juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) hunts for small fish on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) hunts for small fish on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) flies from a rock on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) catches a small fish on Carcass Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Fog envelops a fishing boat and the geo-tourism ship National Geographic Endeavor at West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A whale surfaces beside a geo-tourism boat at West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A fledgling Black-Browed Albatross tests its wings in a rookery called the Devil's Nose on West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A fledgling Black-Browed Albatrosse sits in its nest in a rookery called the Devil's Nose on West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Black-Browed Albatrosses nest in a rookery called the Devil's Nose on West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Fledgling Black-Browed Albatrosses nest in a rookery called the Devil's Nose on West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A fledgling Black-Browed Albatrosse sits in its nest in a rookery called the Devil's Nose on West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A fledgling Black-Browed Albatrosse sits in its nest in a rookery called the Devil's Nose on West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A fledgling Black-Browed Albatross tests its wings in a rookery called the Devil's Nose on West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Geo-tourists photograph fledgling Black-Browed Albatrosses and Rockhopper Penguins  in a rookery called the Devil's Nose on West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A fledgling Black-Browed Albatrosse sits in its nest in a rookery called the Devil's Nose on West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Geo tourist stands atop a promintory called the Devil's Nose at West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • Geo tourists explore an eerie gorge below the Devil's Nose at West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • Geo tourists explore an eerie gorge below the Devil's Nose at West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • Geo tourists swim in a frigid, eerie gorge below the Devil's Nose at West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • Geo tourists swim in a frigid, eerie gorge below the Devil's Nose at West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • Geo tourists swim in a frigid, eerie gorge below the Devil's Nose at West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • Geo tourists explore an eerie gorge below the Devil's Nose at West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • Geo tourists swim in a frigid, eerie gorge below the Devil's Nose at West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • Geo tourists explore an eerie gorge below the Devil's Nose at West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • Geo tourists explore an eerie gorge below the Devil's Nose at West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," perches on a beach on West Point Island, In Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Geo-tourists enjoy the land after a month on a ship at West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • A decaying sheep barn  and ship sit by a beach on West Point Island in Britain's  Falkland Islands.
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  • A male Kelp Goose swims near West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Kelp Geese swim near West Point Island in Britain's Falkland Islands. (The male is all white)
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  • Flightless Steamer Ducks swim near a beach on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Flightless Steamer Duck swims near a beach on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Plants grow on a beach on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Tussock grass surrounds a cove on New Island, Falkland Islands.
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  • A fence separates sheep pastures on New Island, in the British Falkland Islands.
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  • Two Striated Caracaras, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rooks, squabble over a fence post on New Island an outpost in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Two Striated Caracaras, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rooks, squabble over a fence post on New Island an outpost in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Upland Geese graze in meadows on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.  Males are white-breasted.
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  • Upland Geese graze in meadows on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.  Males are white-breasted.
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  • Upland Geese graze in meadows on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.  Males are white-breasted.
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  • Upland Geese graze in meadows on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.  Males are white-breasted.
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  • Tussock grass surrounds a cove on New Island, Falkland Islands.
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  • Velvety-leaved plants grow on a beach on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • Velvety-leaved plants grow on a beach on New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," (for the species' thievery) tries to fly  away with a tourist's boot on a beach at New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," (for the species' thievery) sneaks up on a tourist's boot on a beach at New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," perches on a beach on New Island, In Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A Striated Caracara, affectionately known to sailors as a "Johnny Rook," perches on a beach on New Island, In Britain's Falkland Islands.
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  • A kelp gull soars over a family of Crested Ducks near New Island, in Britain's Falkland Islands.
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