Elephant Jason Island

Elephant Jason Island

Infobox Falkland island




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latitude= -51.16667
longitude= -60.83333
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island group=Jason Islands
english name=Elephant Jason
spanish name=Pan de AzucarFact|date=July 2008
meaning of name= English: Island of elephant seals
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Elephant Jason is one of the Jason Islands in the north west Falkland Islands. [Strange, Ian (1983) "The Falkland Islands"] . In Spanish it is considered one of"Islas las Llaves" (eastern, Seal Rocks and North Fur Island) [http://www.pcgn.org.uk/Falkland%20Islands-July2006.pdf] , such a distinction doesn't exist in English between the two groups of the islands. It is named for the elephant seal

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