Articles in French Southern Territories ( 14 )

14 Articles of interest in French Southern Territories

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  • Kerguelen Islands

    The Kerguelen Islands (/ˈkɜrɡəlɛn/ or /ˈkɜrɡələn/; in French commonly Îles Kerguelen or Archipel de Kerguelen but officially Archipel des Kerguelen or Archipel Kerguelen, pronounced: [kɛʁɡeˈlɛn]), also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of…

  • French Southern and Antarctic Lands

    The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, TAAF), in full the Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Territoire des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises) is an overseas…

  • Port-aux-Français

    Port-aux-Français is the capital settlement of the Kerguelen Islands, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, in the south Indian Ocean. The port station is located on the Gulf of Morbihan, at (49.35°S 70.219°E).

  • Péninsule Rallier du Baty

    The Péninsule Rallier du Baty, or 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 occupies the south-western corner of the island, and is about 35…

  • Cook Glacier

    The Cook Glacier is a large glacier of approximately 500 km2 (190 sq mi) during 1963 in the Kerguelen Islands in the French Southern Territories of the far southern Indian Ocean.

  • Île Howe

    Île Howe is one of the islands of the Kerguelen archipelago, situated to the north of Île Foch, just after Île MacMurdo. It is about 8 km in length.

  • Notre-Dame des Vents

    Notre-Dame des Vents is a chapel located in Port-aux-Français, the capital settlement of the Kerguelen Islands, Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the south Indian Ocean.

  • Courbet Peninsula

    The Courbet Peninsula (Péninsule Courbet) is a large peninsula occupying the northeastern portion of the principal island, Grande Terre, of the subantarctic Kerguelen Archipelago of the southern Indian Ocean. On the south coast of the peninsula is t…

  • Îles de Boynes

    Les îles de Boynes, or Boynes Islands, are four small islands of the Kerguelen archipelago, lying some 30 km south of Presqu'ile Rallier du Baty on the main island, just south of the 50 south parallel (50°01′S68°52′E). They were discovered in 1772 …

  • Île Saint-Lanne Gramont

    Île Saint-Lanne Gramont is an uninhabited island, the fourth largest island in the Kerguelen Islands, situated to the north of presqu'île de la Société de géographie, with an area of 45.8 km². It reaches 480 m at its highest point and is located at …

  • Presqu'île Ronarc'h

    Ronarc'h Peninsula (Presqu'île Ronarc'h) is a peninsula in the south-east of the principal island of Kerguelen, a subantarctic possession of France in the southern Indian Ocean.

  • Baie Norvégienne

    The Baie Norvégienne is a small bay to the south east of the Péninsule Courbet, a vast peninsula constituting, the north east quarter of the Kerguelen Islands in the Indian Ocean.