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The French Southern and Antarctic Lands [6] (French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, TAAF) is an overseas territory (French: Territoire d'outre-mer or TOM) of France. It consists of: Adélie Land (Terre Adélie), the French claim on the continent of Antarctica.
Until 1955, the Kerguelen Islands were administratively part of the French Colony of Madagascar and Dependencies. That same year, they collectively became known as Les Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) and were administratively part of the French Département d'outre-mer de la Réunion.
French Southern and Antarctic Lands wo Antarctica in its region ... This SVG map is part of a locator map series applying the widespread location map scheme.
Port-aux-Français (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ o fʁɑ̃sɛ]) is the main settlement of the Kerguelen Islands, and French Southern and Antarctic Lands, in the south Indian Ocean. Occupancy [ edit ]
Additionally, it is the only territory claimed within French Southern and Antarctic Lands that is not an island. [4] Its total land area, mostly covered with glaciers, [3] is estimated to be 432,000 square kilometres (167,000 sq mi). [5] The coast of Adélie Land is known for its katabatic winds which push snow and sea ice away from the coast. [3]
The Crozet Islands (French: Îles Crozet; or, officially, Archipel Crozet) 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.
Île Saint-Paul (Saint Paul Island) is an island forming part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, TAAF) in the Indian Ocean, with an area of 6 km 2 (2.3 sq mi; 1,500 acres).
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (est.1955) — a dependent territory of Overseas France Composed of islands in the tropical southwestern and subantarctic southern Indian Ocean , and a French territorial claim on Antarctica .