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If shown, area and population ranks are for all islands and all inhabited islands in the Falklands respectively.
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This article is about the George Island in the Falkland Islands. For other islands named "George Island", see
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with a land area of 24 square kilometres (9.3 sq mi). It lies south of
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in the central section. However, the island is free of rats.
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