Arch Islands

{{Short description|Island group in the Falkland Islands}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Arch Islands

| type = Island

| native_name = Islotes Franceses

| native_name_lang = es

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| image_map = Falkland Islands - Arch Islands.PNG

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| pushpin_map_caption = Arch Islands shown within the Falkland Islands

| coordinates = {{coord|52|13|15|S|60|26|41|W|region:FK_type:isle|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Falkland Islands

| subdivision_type1 = Island group

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| named_for = English refers to natural arch; Spanish is "French Islets"

| seat_type = Main settlement

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| population_as_of = 2001

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| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone1 = FKST

| utc_offset1 = −3

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| footnotes = If shown, area and population ranks are for all islands and all inhabited islands in the Falklands respectively.

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The Arch Islands (Spanish: Islotes Franceses{{Cite web |url=http://www.pcgn.org.uk/Falkland%20Islands-July2006.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2007-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022063956/http://www.pcgn.org.uk/Falkland%20Islands-July2006.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-22 |url-status=dead }}) are a group of small islands, off Port Albemarle on West Falkland in the Falkland Islands. They are uninhabited, and accessible only by boat. They are so called because the largest of the group has a natural arch in it, large enough to allow a fair sized boat through.

The islands include:

• Big Arch Island
• Clump Island
• Tussac Island
• Pyramid Rock
• Last Rock
• Albemarle Rock