Ko da yake tsibirin Falkland yana da manyan tsibirin biyu, West Falkland da East Falkland, da kuma kusan 776 ƙananan tsibirin. Tsibirin suna da tsaunuka masu tsaunuka da tsaunuka, tare da babban banbanci shine ƙananan filayen Lafonia (wani yanki da ke kafa kudancin gabashin Falkland). Falklands ya ƙunshi ɓangarorin ɓangarorin ƙasa wanda ya samo asali daga fashewar Gondwana da buɗewar Kudancin Atlantic wanda ya fara shekaru miliyan 130 da suka gabata. Tsibirin suna cikin Tekun Atlantika ta Kudu, a kan Patagonian Shelf, kimanin kilomita 300 (480 km) gabashin Patagonia a kudancin Argentina.
Shekaru miliyan 130