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French Polynesia: 318 123 14: Miquelon: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 214 83 15: Île Foch: Kerguelen Islands: 206 80 16: Oléron: Atlantic Ocean: 190 73 17: Raiatea: French Polynesia: 173 67 18: Marie-Galante: Guadeloupe: 158 61 19: Île de la Possession: Crozet Islands: 153 59 20: Île des Pins: New Caledonia: 141 54 21: Ouvéa: New Caledonia ...
Christopher Columbus named the island Santa María de Guadalupe in 1493 after Our Lady of Guadalupe, a shrine to the Virgin Mary venerated in the Spanish town of Guadalupe, Extremadura. [4] When the area became a French colony, the Spanish name was retained – though altered to French orthography and phonology. The islands are locally known as ...
Djibouti (French Somaliland) (the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas) (French Somalia) (1862–1977) Mayotte (1841–present) Seychelles (1756–1810) Chagos Archipelago (1721–1745, 1768–1814) The Scattered Islands (Banc du Geyser, Bassas da India, Europa Island, Juan de Nova Island, Glorioso Islands, Tromelin Island) Comoros (1866 ...
The French West Indies or French Antilles (French: Antilles françaises, [ɑ̃tij fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; Antillean Creole: Antiy fwansé) are the parts of France located in the Antilles islands of the Caribbean: The two overseas departments of: Guadeloupe, including the islands of Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Les Saintes, Marie-Galante, and La Désirade.
Saint-Pierre is French for Saint Peter, the patron saint of fishermen. [9]The present name of Miquelon was first noted in the form of Micquetô, Miqueton or Micquellon in the French Basque sailor Martin de Hoyarçabal's 1579 navigational pilot for Newfoundland, Les voyages aventureux du Capitaine Martin de Hoyarsabal, habitant du çubiburu:
Beira Litoral islands Portugal: Mohácsi-sziget: Danube River Hungary: Mohawk: Lake Erie, Ontario Canada Mohéli: Comoros Comoros: Mohni: Gulf of Finland Estonia: Moho Tani: Marquesas Islands French Polynesia: Île-aux-Moines: Gulf of Morbihan France Moínho: Alentejo islands Portugal: Mokoia: Lake Rotorua New Zealand Molara Italy Molène ...
The territory includes the Crozet Islands, the Kerguelen Islands, and the Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands in the southern Indian Ocean near 43°S, 67°E, along with Adélie Land, the sector of Antarctica claimed by France. Adélie Land, named by the French explorer Jules Dumont d’Urville after his wife, covers about 432,000 km 2 (167,000 sq mi).
Mascarene Islands; Miquelon-Langlade; S. Saint Barthélemy This page was last edited on 2 September 2024, at 21:36 (UTC). Text is available under the ...