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French Southern and Antarctic Lands History - The Rite Info |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands Navigation |
| French Southern and Antarctic Lands History |
| Background: | The Southern Lands consist of two archipelagos, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen, and two volcanic islands, Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul. They contain no permanent inhabitants and are visited only by researchers studying the native fauna. The Antarctic portion consists of "Adelie Land," a thin slice of the Antarctic continent discovered and claimed by the French in 1840. |