Kerguelen Islands

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Kerguelen Islands

Archipelago, southern Indian Ocean. It consists of the island of Kerguelen (also called Desolation Island) and about 300 islets, which together cover about 2,400 sq mi (6,200 sq km). Kerguelen Island, about 100 mi (160 km) long, has active glaciers and peaks up to 6,445 ft (1,965 m) high. Discovered in 1772 by the French navigator Yves-Joseph de Kerguélen-Trémarec, the archipelago was annexed to France in 1893 and became part of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories in 1955. Port-aux-Français is a scientific base on the main island.

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No references found			A team from National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) attached monitoring devices to a dozen male and female macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) at the onset of winter on the French Indian Ocean territory of the Kerguelen Islands. The secret life of penguins revealed by AFP / AFP Global Edition Heading now on an easterly course towards Marion and Prince Edward Island, but later tonight the wind will start to shift into the west and I will start to arc more south-east, before gybing tomorrow towards the Kerguelen Islands. Pindar braves rough weather by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain) Nelson, [19121, was an account of a voyage in a tiny boat with a crew of four to Tristan da Cunha and the sub Antarctic Kerguelen Islands. 'In the midst of eternal snows in a waste and barren land': the Keith ... by McConville, Andrew / The La Trobe Journal			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 kermes kermesite			Keretin Keretin Keretkun Festival Kereton Kereton Kereton Keretsu Keretsu Keretsu kerf kerf kerf kerfed kerfed kerfed beam kerfing kerfs kerfs kerfuffle kerfuffles Kergez Kerguelen Kerguelen Kerguélen Kerguélen Kerguelen Archipelago Kerguelen Archipelago Kerguelen faunal region Kerguelen Island Kerguelen Island Kerguelen Islands Kerguelen Region Kerguelen's Land Kerguelen's Land Kerguelen-Gaussberg Kergulen Island Kergulen Island Keri Kerikan Kerikan Kerikan Kerim Guseinovich Mamedbekov Kerim Mamedbekov Kerim Otarov Kerim Saramurzaevich Otarov Kerimov, Dzhangir Kerimov, Dzhangir Ali-Abasovich Kerin Occupational Health Consultants Kerinci Seblat National Park Kerinci, Mount Kerintji Kerio Personal Firewall Kerio Valley Development Authority Kerio WinRoute Firewall kerion kerion Keris Keris Keris Kerite Keriya

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