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Staats Island is one of the Beaver Island Group in the Falkland Islands. It lies between Beaver Island and Weddell Island, parallel to Tea Island and is 500 hectares (1,200 acres) in area. It is known for its Patagonian foxes and guanacos, both introduced species; the former is not to be confused with the closely related Falkland Islands Fox now extinct. The introduction of Guanaco has led to overgrazing of the tussac while the introduction of foxes has had a negative effect on the resident birds and there is an eradication programme to eliminate foxes from this and other islands in the Beaver Island Group Other wildlife on the uninhabited island includes Magellanic penguins and other sea birds.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staats_Island
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Coordinates: 51°53'32"S 61°11'21"W
- Weddell Island 15 km
- Saunders Island 92 km
- The Falkland Islands 110 km
- Pebble Island 118 km
- Isla de los Estados 394 km
- Isla Grande de Tierre del Fuego 480 km
- Nueva Island (120 km² ) 514 km
- Picton Island (105 km² ) 519 km
- Lennox Island (170 km²) 536 km
- Wollaston Island 587 km
- Smylie Channel 17 km
- Rodney Cove 22 km
- South Harbour 25 km
- Queen Charlotte Bay 35 km
- Passage Islands 42 km
- East Passage 44 km
- Entrance Cove 46 km
- Philomel Road 47 km
- Shallow Harbor 49 km
- King George Bay 61 km