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Background: The Southern Lands consist of two archipelagos Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen and two volcanic islands Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul. They contain no permanent inhabitants and are visited only by researchers studying the native fauna. The Antarctic portion consists of 'Adelie Land' a thin slice of the Antarctic continent discovered and claimed by the French in 1840.


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Location: South of Africa, islands in the southern Indian Ocean, about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia; note - French Southern and Antarctic Lands includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, and Iles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, "Adelie Land"; the US does not recognize the French claim to 'Adelie Land'

Geographic coordinates: 43 00 S, 67 00 E

Map reference: Antarctic Region

Area
Total: 7,781 km²
Land: 7,781 km²
Water: 0 km²
Note: includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen; excludes "Adelie Land" claim of about 500,000 km² in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US
Comparative: slightly less than 1.3 times the size of Delaware

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 1,232 km

Maritime claims
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm from Iles Kerguelen only
Territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: antarctic

Terrain: volcanic

Elevation
Extremes lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
Extremes highest point: Mont Ross on Kerguelen 1,850 m

Natural resources: fish, crayfish

Land use
Arable land: 0%
Permanent crops: 0%
Permanent pastures: 0%
Forests and woodland: 0%
Other: 100%

Irrigated land: 0 km² (1993)

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Natural hazards: Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are extinct volcanoes

Geography
Note: remote location in the southern Indian Ocean


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Population: no indigenous inhabitants
Note: there were 134 (1996) mostly researchers whose numbers vary from winter (July) to summer (January)

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Country name
Conventional long form: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Conventional short form: French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Local long form: Territoire des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises
Local short form: Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises

Government type

Capital: none; administered from Paris, France

Administrative divisions: none (overseas territory of France; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 districts named Ile Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, and Iles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam; excludes "Adelie Land" claim in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US

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Independence: none (overseas territory of France)

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Flag description: the flag of France is used

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Economy overview: Economic activity is limited to servicing meteorological and geophysical research stations and French and other fishing fleets. The fish catches landed on Iles Kerguelen by foreign ships are exported to France and Reunion.

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Revenues: $24.5 million
Expenditures: $N/A, including capital expenditures of $N/A (1996)

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Telephones: NA

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National air transport system

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Airports: none

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Merchant marine
Total: 73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,535,552 GRT/4,382,987 DWT
Ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 7, chemical tanker 7, container 11, liquefied gas tanker 5, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 11, specialized tanker 1
Note: a subset of the French register allowing French-owned ships to operate under more liberal taxation and manning regulations than permissible under the main French register (1996 est.)

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Disputes international: "Adelie Land" claim in Antarctica is not recognized by the US

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Illicit drugs