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Îles Kerguelen 48° 58' to 49° 73'S, 68°
72' to 70° 58'E
- One major island (Grande Terre), several minor ones, about 300 islets and rocks, and
outliers; partly volcanic; in the Indian Ocean.
- Area: 7215 kmē.
- Highest elevation: 1850 m (Grand Ross).
- 10% glaciated.
- Sighted and first landing 1772, sealers arrived 1791.
- Permanent occupation (scientific station) from 1951 (previously sealers, pastoralists,
and scientific personnel wintered). A whaling and sealing station operated 1908-14. 1920-29, and 1951-56.
- French territory, part of Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises.
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