The French Southern and Antarctic Lands is an overseas territory of France.
Kerguelen cabbages on Île Mayès, Kerguelen
Volcan du Diable on Grande Terre, Kerguelen
View of Alfred Faure
View of Port-aux-Français
Adélie Land
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Adélie Land or Adélie Coast is a claimed territory of France located on the continent of Antarctica, making France one out of seven sovereign states making territorial claims in Antarctica. It stretch
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
…It consists of: Adélie Land (Terre Adélie), the French claim on the continent of Antarctica. Crozet Islands (Îles Crozet), a group in the southern Indian Ocean, south of Madagascar…
Discovery by Jules Dumont d'Urville, 1840
Rocks brought back by the expedition in January 1840
Colony of Adélie penguins near the Dumont d'Urville Station