Elephant Jason Island
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Elephant Jason is one of the Jason Islands
in the north west Falkland Islands
. In Spanish
it is considered one of
"Islas las Llaves" (eastern, Seal Rocks and North Fur Island), such a distinction does not exist in English between the two groups of the islands. It is named for the elephant seal
Jason Islands
The Jason Islands are an archipelago in the Falkland Islands, lying to the far north-west of West Falkland. Three of the islands, Steeple Jason, Grand Jason and Clarke's Islet are private nature reserves owned by the Wildlife Conservation Society, New York...
in the north west Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...
. In Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
it is considered one of
"Islas las Llaves" (eastern, Seal Rocks and North Fur Island), such a distinction does not exist in English between the two groups of the islands. It is named for the elephant seal
Elephant seal
Elephant seals are large, oceangoing seals in the genus Mirounga. There are two species: the northern elephant seal and the southern elephant seal . Both were hunted to the brink of extinction by the end of the 19th century, but numbers have since recovered...