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    The Péninsule Loranchet, also known as Presqu'île Loranchet, (Loranchet Peninsula in English) is a peninsula of Grande Terre, the main island of the subantarctic...
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    at the northern tip of the main island, on the east coast of the Loranchet Peninsula. It covers the bottom of Baie de l'Oiseau, the first shelter for...
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    geomagnetic station on Baie de l'Oiseau, in the extreme northwest of the Loranchet Peninsula. It was named by Captain James Cook, who re-discovered the islands...
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    cape between Baie de l'Oiseau and Baie de la Dauphine, north of the Loranchet Peninsula. It is one of the best-known structures of the area, and its twin...
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  • expedition, as was thought for a while). Pointe Pringle (east of Loranchet Peninsula), named after the Scotsman Sir John Pringle, President of the Royal...
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  • Baty Peninsula, Main Island 49°31′34″S 68°51′38″E / 49.52611°S 68.86056°E / -49.52611; 68.86056 20 metres (66 ft) Lac Isou Loranchet Peninsula, Main...
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  • Baie de la Dauphine is a natural harbour located on the Loranchet Peninsula, at the north-west of the island of Grande Terre in the Kerguelen Islands...
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  • Baie de l'Oiseau is a natural harbour in the Loranchet Peninsula, in the North-Western part of the island Grande Terre, part of the Kerguelen Islands...
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  • north-west, across the Jean-Baptiste Charcot Channel, from the tip of the Loranchet Peninsula, the northernmost extension of Grande Terre, the principal island...
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