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The transient killer whales of the Crozet Islands are famous for intentionally beaching (and later un-stranding) themselves while actively hunting the islands' breeding seal population. This is a very rare behaviour, most often seen in the Patagonia region of Argentina , and is thought to be a learned skill passed down through generations of ...
The Kerguelen Islands (/ k ər ˈ ɡ eɪ l ə n / or / ˈ k ɜːr ɡ əl ə n /; [2] in French commonly Îles Kerguelen but officially Archipel Kerguelen, [3] pronounced [kɛʁɡelɛn]), also known as the Desolation Islands (Îles de la Désolation in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a large igneous ...
View of East Island (background) from king penguin colony on Possession Island, with the ship Marion Dufresne. Île de l'Est, or East Island, is a part of the subantarctic archipelago of the Crozet Islands. With an area of 130 km 2 (50 sq mi) it is the second largest island of the group. It is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
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).
The station is located at the eastern end of the island on a plateau 143 m (460 ft) above sea level. Depending on the season, there are 15 to 60 personnel living and working at the base. Their scientific work includes meteorological, seismic, biological and geological research. It was first established during the austral summer of 1963–1964 ...
Crozet Islands: 122 47 24: Ua Pou: French Polynesia: ... By population. List of the most populated French islands. Name Location Population 1: Réunion: Indian Ocean ...
Île aux Cochons photographed from on Loch Etive in between 1885 and 1911. Île aux Cochons is the westernmost island of the archipelago, lying some 30 km north-west of Île des Pingouins and 15 km south-west of the Îlots des Apôtres. It is an eroded volcanic dome, scattered with inactive craters, and a coastline consisting partly of low cliffs.
Île de la Possession lies in the eastern group of the archipelago, about 20 km west of Île de l'Est (East Island). With an area of 150 km 2 (58 sq mi) it is the largest island of the group and the only inhabited one. It has a rugged landscape of mountains cut by deep glaciated valleys. The coastal areas and valleys are covered with herbaceous ...