Middle Island | |
Type: | Island |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Pushpin Map: | Falkland Islands |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Middle Island shown within the Falkland Islands |
Coordinates: | -51.6372°N -60.3481°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Falkland Islands |
Subdivision Type1: | Island group |
Seat Type: | Main settlement |
Area Total Km2: | 1.55 |
Elevation Max M: | 120 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | FKST |
Utc Offset1: | −3 |
Footnotes: | If shown, area and population ranks are for all islands and all inhabited islands in the Falklands respectively. |
Middle Island is one of the Hummock Island group in the Falkland Islands. It is near West Falkland, to its west, near the estuary of the Chartres River[1] in King George Bay It is to the south east of Hummock Island.
Middle Island has a land area of 155ha 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.[2]