State of Iceland
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| Waters | South Atlantic | |
| Archipelago | Falkland Islands | |
| Geographical location | 51 ° 53 ′ 31 ″ S , 61 ° 11 ′ 31 ″ W | |
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| surface | 5 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Staats Island is a small island in the western Falkland Islands . The uninhabited island is off Beaver Island and lies between Weddell Island and Tea Island . On the approximately 5 km² large island, among other things, guanacos , the Argentine battle fox and Magellanic penguins are native. The introduction of the guanacos and foxes, similar to the other islands around Beaver Island, led to the disappearance of the tussock grass and a decline in the local bird population.
Web links
- Beaver Island Group . (PDF 715 kB)Falklands Conservation, archived from the original ; accessed on February 4, 2016(English, original website no longer available).
- Research Report on the island (Engl.)