The Kerguelen Islands (/kərˈɡeɪlən/ or /ˈkɜːrɡələn/; in French commonly Îles Kerguelen but officially Archipel Kerguelen, pronounced [kɛʁɡelɛn]), also...
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French Southern and Antarctic Lands (redirect from Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises Territoire)
and Amsterdam Islands (Îles Saint Paul et Amsterdam), a group to the north of the Kerguelen Islands. Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses), a dispersed group...
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Île de Nantes, in Nantes on the Loire River Béhuard, in the Loire River Île Bambo Île Bouzi Île Brandélé Îles Choazil Grande-Terre (or Mahoré) Îles Hajangoua...
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Île Foch is one of the Kerguelen Islands situated near to the north coast of Grande Terre, the principal island. It is separated from this main island...
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Les Îles du Prince-de-Monaco are a small group of 16 islands and islets belonging to France, located off Grande Terre, the principal island of the Kerguelen...
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found their way to the main island of La Grande Terre a short distance away. Today the reindeer of the Kerguelen islands number around 4,000 individuals...
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fur seals. The Îles Leygues lie across the Passe de la Résolution from Île Howe, and north of the main Kerguelen island of Grande Terre. The two largest...
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Doucet, Raynald Ethien et Jean-Yves Cotin « L'archipel de Kerguelen : les plus vieilles îles dans le plus jeune océan », Géologues, 2003, n°137, p. 15-23...
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The Kerguelen Arch is a former natural arch on the island of Grande Terre in the Kerguelen Islands of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, an archipelago...
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Crozet Islands (redirect from Îles Crozet)
The Crozet Islands (French: Îles Crozet; or, officially, Archipel Crozet) are a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean...
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The Île de l'Ouest is a French island in the Kerguelen archipelago located west of Grande Terre in the extension of the Lakes peninsula, by the foothills...
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Morbihan (Gulf of Morbihan) is a bay on the eastern coast of Grande Terre, the largest of the Kerguelen islands. It forms a deep and broad notch in the central...
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Port-Christmas (category Kerguelen Islands)
Port-Christmas is a natural and historical site on the Kerguelen Islands, located at the northern tip of the main island, on the east coast of the Loranchet...
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Île Australia is one of the Kerguelen Islands situated in the Golfe du Morbihan near the coast of Grande Terre, the principal island. It is around 10 km...
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important of these is the name of the archipelago itself: îles de la Désolation, or terre de Kerguelen. The former name was used for over a century by American...
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Île Gaby is one of the Kerguelen Islands near the coast of Grande Terre, the principal island. It lies in the Swains Bay between the south-eastern part...
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Île Haute is one of the Kerguelen Islands situated in the Golfe du Morbihan near the coast of Grande Terre, the principal island. It is around 6 km long...
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Îlots des Apôtres (redirect from Îles des Apôtres)
Nunn, Le naufrage du Strathmore en 1875 in Trois naufrages pour trois îles, Terres australes françaises au XIXème siècle, Éditions de La Dyle (1998), ISBN 90-801124-9-6...
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Île Longue is one of the Kerguelen Islands situated near to the south-east coast of Grande Terre, the principal island. The highest point is a mountain...
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of Grande Terre, the principal island of the Kerguelens. The islands are of volcanic origin. The main islands of the Nuageuses are Île de Croÿ, Île du...
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Île Altazin is one of the Kerguelen Islands near the coast of Grande Terre, the principal island. It lies in the Swains Bay between the south-eastern part...
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Courbet Peninsula (category Landforms of the Kerguelen Islands)
Péninsule Courbet) is a peninsula in northeastern Grande Terre Island, the main island of the subantarctic Kerguelen Archipelago, Southern Indian Ocean. In the...
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collectivity): It is still commonly referred to as a territoire (Territoire des îles Wallis et Futuna). New Caledonia had the status of an overseas territory...
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The Kerguelen hotspot is a volcanic hotspot at the Kerguelen Plateau in the Southern Indian Ocean. The Kerguelen hotspot has produced basaltic lava for...
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Mont Crozier (category Landforms of the Kerguelen Islands)
Delépine, Toponymie des Terres Australes [archive], éd. La Documentation française, Paris, 1973 Edgar Aubert de la Rüe, Deux ans aux îles de la Désolation....
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Baie de l'Oiseau (category Landforms of the Kerguelen Islands)
part of the island Grande Terre, part of the Kerguelen Islands. It was the landing site of the expedition under Yves de Kerguelen in 1772, and later of...
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Rallier du Baty Peninsula (category Landforms of the Kerguelen Islands)
Presqu'ile Rallier du Baty) is a peninsula of Grande Terre, the main island of the subantarctic Kerguelen archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean. It...
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Lac Marville (category Landforms of the Kerguelen Islands)
du lac Studer: écologie du phytoplancton et production primaire, îles Kerguelen, Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (in French). Metz. pp. 12,...
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not be called New Georgia." Cook was more considerate in the case of Kerguelen though, an island that he visited in 1776 and noted: "which, from its...
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98 Prince of Wales Island 6,675 2,577 United States Alaska 99 Grande Terre (Kerguelen) 6,617 2,555 France French Southern and Antarctic Lands overseas...
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