Prince Edward Islands
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The Prince Edward Islands are two small uninhabited subantarctic volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean that are administered by South Africa. They are named Marion Island and Prince Edward Isl
View from Marion island of the South African icebreaker SA Agulhas, with a penguin swimming in the water and kelp on the shore
A wandering albatross
Cloud patterns over the Prince Edward Islands
Crozet Islands
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The Crozet Islands are a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean. They form one of the five administrative districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
Prince Edward Islands
…the islands Terre de l'Espérance (Marion) and Ile de la Caverne (Prince Edward). After failing to land, Le Mascarin continued eastward, discovering the Crozet Islands and landing at New Zealand, where Marion du Fresne and some of his crew were killed by local Māori. Julien Crozet, navigator and second in command of…
One of the Crozet Islands
The Marion Dufresne off the "port" of Crozet. East Island in the background.
One of the penguin colonies of the islands
The Eastern Group as seen from outer space in December 1998.