Kerguelen Islands
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The Kerguelen Islands, also known as the Desolation Islands, are a group of islands in the subantarctic region. They are among the most isolated places on Earth, with the closest territory being the H
Port-Christmas and the Kerguelen Arch on 2 January 1893, a day after France reasserted its claim to Kerguelen
The islands are named after French explorer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec.
Christmas Harbour, Kerguelens Land, 1811, by the English engraver George Cooke; the location is now known as Port-Christmas
Illustration from John Nunn's book about the three years he and his shipwrecked crew survived on the island in the 1820s.
Port-aux-Français
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Port-aux-Français is the main settlement of the Kerguelen Islands, and of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, in the south Indian Ocean.
Kerguelen Islands
…The main island of the archipelago is called La Grande Terre. It measures 150 km (93 mi) east to west and 120 km (75 mi) north to south. Port-aux-Français, a scientific base, is along the eastern shore of the Gulf of Morbihan on La Grande Terre. Facilities there include scientific-research buildings, a…
Port-aux-Français in 2005