Flat Jason Island

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Flat Jason
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Flat Jason
Flat Jason shown within the Falkland Islands
Coordinates: 51°06′18″S60°53′17″W / 51.105°S 60.888°W / -51.105; -60.888
Country Falkland Islands
Island group Jason Islands
Time zone UTC−3 (FKST)
If shown, area and population ranks are for all islands and all inhabited islands in the Falklands respectively.

Flat Jason is one of the Jason Islands in the north west Falkland Islands. [1] In Spanish, it is considered one of "Islas las Llaves" (eastern, Seal Rocks and North Fur Island),; [2] such a distinction does not exist in English between the two groups of the islands.

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References

  1. Strange, Ian (1983) The Falkland Islands
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2014. Retrieved 18 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)