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Kerguelen (kûr`gəlĕn, Fr. kĕrgālĕn`), subantarctic island of volcanic origin, 1,318 sq mi (3,414 sq km), in the S Indian Ocean, c.3,300 mi (5,310 km) SE of the southern tip of Africa; largest of the 300 Kerguelen Islands (total area c.2,700 sq mi/7,000 sq km), part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands 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, and a number of islands in the S Indian Ocean. The largest of these is Kerguelen (1,318 sq mi/3,414 sq km).
..... Click the link for more information. . Kerguelen Island rises in the south to Mt. Rose (6,120 ft/1,865 m), and Cook Glacier covers its western third. Glacial lakes, peat marshes, lignite, and guano deposits are found on the island; it also has seals, rabbits, wild hogs, and wild dogs. The island, famous for the native Kerguelen cabbage, is used mainly as a research station and a seal-hunting and whaling base. Kerguelen was discovered in 1772 by the French navigator Yves Joseph de Kerguélen-Trémarec, who named it Desolation Island. It has belonged to France since 1893.

Kerguelen

an archipelago in the S Indian Ocean: consists of one large volcanic island (Kerguelen or Desolation Island) and 300 small islands; part of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories

Kerguelen

an archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean. It belongs to France and consists of one large island (Kerguelen) and about 300 small ones. Total area, approximately 7,000 sq km.

The islands are the peaks of the underwater Kerguelen-Gaussberg Ridge. They are composed mostly of basalts that form plateaus (elevation, 300–600 m) with individual volcanic peaks as high as 1,965 m. The climate is subantarctic and cold; annual precipitation is approximately 1,000 mm. There are constant strong winds. The archipelago has sparse grassy vegetation. In the central part of Kerguelen Island there are large ice sheets (measuring up to 500 sq km). Seals are hunted, and a French geophysical station is located on one of the islands. The archipelago was discovered in 1772 by the French navigator Y. J. de Kerguélen-Trémarec (1734–97).

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Aubert de la Rüe. Dva goda na ostravakh Otchaianiia. Moscow, 1957. (Translated from French.)

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No references found	We were then, for reasons which it is not worth while to specify, in the close neighbourhood of Kerguelen Land; and now, when I open an atlas and look at the tiny dots on the map of the Southern Ocean, I see as if engraved upon the paper the enraged physiognomy of that gale. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context I will only say that as far as regards the occurrence of identical species at points so enormously remote as Kerguelen Land, New Zealand, and Fuegia, I believe that towards the close of the Glacial period, icebergs, as suggested by Lyell, have been largely concerned in their dispersal. The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context Captain Cook, in his second voyage, says, that this plant at Kerguelen Land rises from a greater depth than twenty-four fathoms; "and as it does not grow in a perpendicular direction, but makes a very acute angle with the bottom, and much of it afterwards spreads many fathoms on the surface of the sea, I am well warranted to say that some of it grows to the length of sixty fathoms and upwards. The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context	Kerch Iron-Ore Basin Kerch Naval Battle of 1790 Kerch Peninsula Kerch Strait Kerch-Eltigen Landing Operation of 1943 Kerch-Feodosiia Landing Operation of 1941–42 Kerchevskii Kerckhoffs' law Kereksury Keren-Happuch Kerenski Kerensky, Aleksandr Kerensky, Aleksandr Feodorovich Kerensky, Alexander Kerensky, Alexander Fedorovich Kerensky-Krasnov Rebellion of 1917 Kerenyi, Jeno Kerényi, Jeno Keres, Paul Keret Keretkun Festival kerf kerfed beam kerfing Kergez Kerguelen Kerguelen faunal region Kerguelen Islands Kerguelen Region Kerguelen-Gaussberg Kerim Guseinovich Mamedbekov Kerim Mamedbekov Kerim Otarov Kerim Saramurzaevich Otarov Kerimov, Dzhangir Kerimov, Dzhangir Ali-Abasovich Kerinci, Mount Kerintji Keriya Kerki Kerkichi Kerkira Kérkira kerkis Kerkrade Kerma Kermadec Deep Kermadec Islands Kerman Kermanshah Kermen	Kereta Rel Diesel Kereta Rel Diesel Elektrik Kereta Rel Listrik Keretapi Tanah Melayu Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd. Keretin Keretin Keretin Keretin Keretkun Festival Kereton Kereton Kereton Kereton Keretsu Keretsu Keretsu Keretsu kerf kerf kerf kerfed kerfed kerfed beam kerfing kerfs kerfs kerfuffle kerfuffles Kergez Kerguelen Kerguélen Kerguélen Kerguélen Kerguelen Archipelago Kerguelen Archipelago Kerguelen Archipelago Kerguelen faunal region Kerguelen Island Kerguelen Island Kerguelen Island Kerguelen Islands Kerguelen Islands Kerguelen Islands Kerguelen Region Kerguelen's Land Kerguelen's Land Kerguelen's Land Kerguelen-Gaussberg Kergulen Island Kergulen Island Kergulen Island Keri Keri Hulme Kerikan Kerikan Kerikan Kerim Guseinovich Mamedbekov Kerim Mamedbekov Kerim Otarov Kerim Saramurzaevich Otarov

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We were then, for reasons which it is not worth while to specify, in the close neighbourhood of Kerguelen Land; and now, when I open an atlas and look at the tiny dots on the map of the Southern Ocean, I see as if engraved upon the paper the enraged physiognomy of that gale.

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

I will only say that as far as regards the occurrence of identical species at points so enormously remote as Kerguelen Land, New Zealand, and Fuegia, I believe that towards the close of the Glacial period, icebergs, as suggested by Lyell, have been largely concerned in their dispersal.

The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context

Captain Cook, in his second voyage, says, that this plant at Kerguelen Land rises from a greater depth than twenty-four fathoms; "and as it does not grow in a perpendicular direction, but makes a very acute angle with the bottom, and much of it afterwards spreads many fathoms on the surface of the sea, I am well warranted to say that some of it grows to the length of sixty fathoms and upwards.

The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context