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French Southern and Antarctic Lands
(redirected from French Southern and Antarctic Territories)

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French Southern and Antarctic Lands, overseas territory of France, including Adélie Land, which covers c.200,000 sq mi (520,000 sq km) in Antarctica Antarctica (ăntärk`tĭkə, –är`tĭkə), the fifth largest continent, c.
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, and a number of islands in the S Indian Ocean. The largest of these is Kerguelen Kerguelen (kûr`gəlĕn, Fr.
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 (1,318 sq mi/3,414 sq km). One of 300 islands in the Kerguelen Archipelago, it is a base for research, seal hunting, and whaling. The Crozet Islands, to the west, and Saint Paul and Amsterdam islands, to the northeast, are also part of the territory.


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