Falkland Islands GIS data sources
- Region
- South America
- ISO 3166
- FK · FLK
- Sources
- 3
- Themes
- 4
- Last verified
Where to download GIS data for Falkland Islands: 3 sources across 4 themes, led by South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute and Falkland Islands Government. 2 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 0 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.
Country atlases
National and OpenStreetMap sources for Falkland Islands
Boundaries & admin 1
Administrative boundary data for every country-
geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)
API Cost: FreeWilliam & Mary geoLab
JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.
- Boundaries & admin
Verified
Census & statistics 1
Census and statistics data for every country-
Falkland Islands Government (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeFalkland Islands Government
Government site with census reports, statistics and planning information.
- Census & statistics
Verified
Environment 1
Environmental and protected area data for every country-
Falkland Islands Data Portal (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: Free with registrationSouth Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI)
Metadata catalogue and web GIS of Falkland Islands environmental, marine and infrastructure data; downloads usually by request.
- Environment
- Marine & coastal
- Boundaries & admin
Verified
Global datasets that cover Falkland Islands
Worldwide and continental layers that include Falkland Islands, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.
- Boundaries & admin
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- GADM (opens in a new tab) GADM project · Non-commercial only · Free · Verified
- geoBoundaries (opens in a new tab) William & Mary geoLab · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) Natural Earth · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Elevation / DEM
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- ALOS World 3D 30 m (AW3D30) (opens in a new tab) JAXA · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Copernicus DEM (GLO-30 / GLO-90) (opens in a new tab) ESA / Airbus (Copernicus) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ETOPO 2022 Global Relief Model (opens in a new tab) NOAA NCEI · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Imagery
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- AlphaEarth Foundations Satellite Embeddings (annual, COG mirror) (opens in a new tab) Google and Google DeepMind (mirror by Taylor Geospatial on Source Cooperative) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ASF Data Search (Vertex) (opens in a new tab) Alaska Satellite Facility · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (opens in a new tab) European Space Agency / European Commission · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Land cover
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- Copernicus Global Dynamic Land Cover (CGLS-LC100) (opens in a new tab) Copernicus Land Monitoring Service · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Dynamic World (opens in a new tab) Google / World Resources Institute · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ESA CCI Land Cover (opens in a new tab) European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Buildings
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- Google Open Buildings (opens in a new tab) Google Research · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Google Open Buildings 2.5D Temporal (opens in a new tab) Google Research · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Microsoft Global ML Building Footprints (opens in a new tab) Microsoft · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Population
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- Global Human Settlement Layer (opens in a new tab) European Commission JRC · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Gridded Population of the World (GPWv4) (opens in a new tab) CIESIN, Columbia University / NASA SEDAC · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Kontur Population (opens in a new tab) Kontur · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Census & statistics
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- UNdata (opens in a new tab) UN Statistics Division · Open licence · Free · Verified
- World Bank Open Data (opens in a new tab) World Bank · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Marine & coastal
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- Copernicus Marine Service (opens in a new tab) Mercator Ocean International (Copernicus) · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Global Fishing Watch datasets (opens in a new tab) Global Fishing Watch · Non-commercial only · Free with registration · Verified
- Marine Regions (maritime boundaries and EEZ) (opens in a new tab) Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Environment
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- GBIF occurrence API (opens in a new tab) Global Biodiversity Information Facility · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Key Biodiversity Areas (opens in a new tab) KBA Partnership / BirdLife International · Non-commercial only · Free with registration · Verified
- OpenAQ (opens in a new tab) OpenAQ · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
Tutorials that use this kind of data
- Getting started with GeoPandas: projections, spatial joins and choropleth maps Beginner
- Sentinel-1 ship detection in Python: a CA-CFAR detector off the Port of Rotterdam Intermediate
- Burn severity mapping with Sentinel-2 and dNBR in Python (Saddleworth Moor 2018) Intermediate
- Fast vector geoprocessing in Python: spatial indexes, overlays and modern file formats Intermediate
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