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The Crozet Islands were discovered on 24 January 1772, by the expedition of French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, aboard Le Mascarin.His second-in-command, Julien-Marie Crozet, landed on Île de la Possession, claiming the archipelago for France. [3]
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 Îlots des Apôtres or Îles des Apôtres (English: Apostle Islets or Islands) are a group of small and uninhabited rocky islands in the north-western part of the Crozet Archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, 10 km (6.2 mi) north of Île aux Cochons. Their total area is about 2 km 2 (0.77 sq mi).
Elephant seals rest at the coast of Possession Island on December 27, 2022, part of the Crozet Islands, a sub-Antarctic archipelago of small islands.
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.
Oceanic islands between the Equator, 60°S, 20°W, and 115°E are the only Southern Hemisphere lands (besides East Timor) outside the five southern nuclear-weapon-free zones. Bouvet Island and the Kerguelen Islands are Antarctic islands on this map but outside the Antarctic NWFZ. Australian islands are parts of the South Pacific NWFZ.
The island is administratively part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a territory in the United Kingdom. [7] [9] Bermuda: 1,050 kilometres (650 mi) North Carolina: The island is a territory of the United Kingdom. Crozet Islands: 1,050 kilometres (650 mi) Prince Edward Islands [10] Prince Edward Islands: 1,050 kilometres (650 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 ...