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The French Southern and Antarctic Lands are an overseas territory of France that consist of the following: Adélie Land (Terre Adélie): This is the French claim on the southern most continent of Antarctica. Crozet Islands (Îles Crozet): A group of islands in the southern Indian Ocean, located south of Madagascar.
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.
ISO 3166-2:TF is the entry for the French Southern Territories (French Southern and Antarctic Lands) in ISO 3166-2, a part of the ISO 3166 standard which defines codes for the principal subdivisions of all countries included in ISO 3166-1. Currently, the entry does not include any codes.
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 .
France (including French overseas departments, collectivities, and territories) →includes: → Clipperton Island → French Guiana → French Polynesia → French Southern and Antarctic Lands [aj] → Guadeloupe → Martinique → Mayotte → New Caledonia → Réunion → Saint Barthélemy → Saint Martin → Saint Pierre and Miquelon
It stretches from a portion of the Southern Ocean coastline all the way inland to the South Pole. France has administered it as one of five districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands since 1955 and applied the Antarctic Treaty System rules since 1961. Article 4 of the Antarctic Treaty deals with territorial claims, and although it ...
Réunion is an island territory located near the island country of Mauritius and to the east of Madagascar (both nominally considered part of the African continent). [4] [19] The final territory is the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean, administratively a part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
Territory claim by France in Antarctic (Adélie Land) French Southern and Antarctic Lands Crozet Islands (24 January 1772 [10] – present) Kerguelen Islands (13 February 1772 [11] – present) Île Amsterdam (in 1843 but abandoned) (1892–present) Île Saint-Paul (in 1843 but abandoned) (1892–present)