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The Kerguelen Archipelago is in the southern Indian Ocean at 49°20′ S 70°20′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=49_20_S_70_20_E_). The main island, Grande Terre, originally called Desolation Island, is 6,675 km2 and it is surrounded by another 300 smaller islands and islets, forming an archipelago of 7,215 km². The climate is cold, very windy and the seas are usually rough. The Indian Ocean is the third-largest body of water in the world, covering about 20% of the Earths water surface. ...
A small island in the Adriatic sea An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water. ...
(Redirected from 1 E9 m2) To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...
An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ...
The most important of the satellite islands are:
* Îles Nuageuses * île de Castries * île Leygues * île Howe * île Saint-Lanne Gramont * île Foch * île du Port * Île Violette The main island measures 150 km East-West and 120 km North-South. The highest peak is Mont Ross, with an elevation of 1850 m. In the West, it is covered by Cook Glacier. the island has numerous peninsulas, such as: A peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides. ...
* péninsule Courbet * presqu'île Ronarch * presqu'île Jeanne d'Arc * péninsule Rallier du Baty * péninsule Loranchet * presqu'île de la Société de géographie * presqu'île Joffre The islands are one of four districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, and were discovered by Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec in February 1772. The archipelago was exploited for its seal population until their destruction, fur seals in the 18th century and elephant seals in the early 20th century. A number of expeditions have briefly visited the islands, including that of James Cook in 1776. The French Southern Territories (long name: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, French: Territoire des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises or TAAF) are antarctic, volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean, south of Africa and about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia. ...
Events February 17 - First partition of Russia and Prussia, later including Austria May - Watauga Association formed in East Tennessee as the first independent Anglo-American government. ...
Genera Callorhinus Arctocephalus Fur seals make up one of the two distinct groups of mammals called seals. Both the fur seals and the true seals are members of the Pinnipedia, which is usually regarded as a suborder of the order Carnivora but sometimes as an independent order. ...
(17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ...
Two adolescent seals at the Piedras Blancas seal sanctuary near San Simeon, California. ...
(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
British explorer James Cook is most noted for having discovered Australia and Hawaii. ...
This article is about the year 1776. ...
Kerguelen has been used by a small number of science teams since 1949, with a population of 50-100 always present. There is also a satellite tracking station. The main island is also home to a well-established feral cat population descended from ships' cats. They survive on sea birds and introduced rabbits. Most feral kittens have little chance of surving more than a few months and are vulnerable to starvation, predators, disease and even flea-induced anemia. ...
Genera Pentalagus Bunolagus Nesolagus Romerolagus Brachylagus Sylvilagus Oryctolagus Poelagus Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae, found in many parts of the world. ...
The main base, "capital" of the district, is located at the eastern end of the Golfe du Morbihan and is known as Port-Aux-Français. Facilities include a bar, gym, hospital, library and the chapel of Notre-dame des Vents. Historic localities, all on the main island, include:
* Cabane Port-Raymond (scientific camp) * La Montjoie (scientific camp) * Port Bizet (landing place and seismographic station at 49°31'12"S, 69°54'36" E) * Port Christmas (bay at 48°41'S, 69°03'E) * Port Couvreux (former whaling station) * Port Curieuse (harbor on the West coast at 49°22'S, 68°48'E) * Port Douzième (hut) * Port Jeanne d'Arc (former whaling station) In the seafaring novel Desolation Island one of the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian, the crew repairs their disabled ship on an island that strongly resembles Kerguelen. Spoiler warning: Desolation Island (1978) is a novel by Patrick OBrian, the fifth in the Aubrey–Maturin series. ...
The Aubrey–Maturin series, also known as the Aubreyad, is a sequence of 20 historical novels by Patrick OBrian, set during the Napoleonic Wars and centering on the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ships surgeon Stephen Maturin, who is also a physician...
Patrick OBrian ( December 12, 1914– January 2, 2000; original name Richard Patrick Russ) was a novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centered on the friendship of Captain Jack Aubrey and Irish–Catalan physician...
Since 1963, 49°22′ S 70°14′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=49_22_S_70_14_E_) is a launch site for sounding rockets (mainly Arcas, Dragon and Eridan). A sounding rocket is an instrument carrying suborbital rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its flight. ...
There is also Arcas (pronunciation: AHR-kaash) in Portugal, see Arcas, Portugal In Greek mythology, Arcas (Αρκάς) was the son of Zeus and of the nymph Callisto, whom Hera turned into a bear. ...
The Dragon is a two-stage French solid propellant sounding rocket used for high altitude research. ...
See also Indian Ocean Islands The following islands are in the Indian Ocean Réunion - (Overseas department and region) Mayotte - (Overseas collectivity entitled departmental collectivity) Scattered Islands in the Indian Ocean (all five have no permanent population) Bassas da India Europa Island Glorioso Islands Juan de Nova Island Tromelin Island French Southern...
The sub-antarctic islands are the islands in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. ...
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