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Saunders Island, among the Falkland Islands

Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Saunders Island is the fourth-largest of the Falkland Islands, lying northwest of West Falkland. It is run as a sheep farm. The island has an important place in the history of the islands as the site of the first British settlement.

Saunders Island is fifty-one square miles and consists of three peninsulas linked by narrow necks, and it has three large upland areas. The highest point, Mount Richards, stands at 1,500 feet. (Read more)