Sealion Island

Sea Lion Iceland (Spanish: Isla de los Leones Marinos ) is the largest island in the Sea- Lion Island Group of the Falkland Islands. The 9 km ² island is about 7.8 km long and 2.3 km wide. The highest point of the island is the Bull Hill, which is located 46 m above sea level.

Sea Lion Iceland is the most southerly island of the Falkland Islands, which is still inhabited today. In the 19th century the island was a base for the penguin hunting, later a sheep farm was built on the island. Since 1986 there is a station for observing the flora and fauna of the Sea Lion Island group, which can also be used by tourists as a base to Sea Lion Iceland. The mainly composed Lutit and sandstone island is an area of the Ramsar Convention. Sea lions, orcas, penguins and site-specific species such as the Striated Caracara or Subantarktikskua are native here.

• Island (South America)
• Island of the Falkland Islands
• Island ( South Atlantic Ocean )