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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.
Slope Point (South Island) 52°37′S 46°40′S French Southern and Antarctic Lands (Except Antarctica) Îles de Boynes, Kerguelen: 50°01′S South Africa: Marion Island, Prince Edward Islands Cape Agulhas (mainland) 46°59′S 34°50′S Uruguay: Isla de Lobos Punta del Este (mainland) 35°02′S 34°58′S Brazil
[7] [8] This is the basis of the French claim to this Antarctic land. The first French research station, Port Martin, was built in 1950. It was destroyed by a fire in 1952, and replaced by Dumont d'Urville Station in 1956. Charcot Station was a French inland base built which was occupied from 1957 to 1960. Cap Prud'Homme Camp, an Italian-French ...
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 .
1 overseas territory (territoire d'outre-mer, or TOM): the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, which have no permanent population and no communes. The French Southern and Antarctic Lands are divided into five districts (districts in French): Adélie Land; Crozet Islands; Kerguelen Islands; Saint Paul Island and Amsterdam Island
The Glorieuses or Glorioso Islands (French: Îles Glorieuses or officially also Archipel des Glorieuses) are a group of islands and rocks totaling 5 square kilometres (1.9 sq mi). They are controlled by France as part of the Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands , a French overseas territory , but are ...
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.