Îles Kerguelen

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Français : Les Îles Kerguelen sont un archipel au sud de l'Océan Indien. C'est un territoire français, des bases scientifiques y sont installées.
English: The Kerguelen Islands are an archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean. It is a French overseas territory. There are only scientific bases on the islands, unoccupied but for a few scientists at a time.
Español: Las Islas Kerguelen son un archipiélago en el sur del Océano Indico. Es un territorio francés de ultramar ocupado solo por bases científicas.

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[edit] Overview

Position sur la terre

Position sur la terre
Position on Earth

Vue depuis satellite
Satellite view
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General map

James Cook's map of Kerguelen island

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Topographic, French, SVG (PNG version)

Topographic, blank, SVG (PNG version)

Administrative, French, SVG (PNG version)

Blank, SVG

[edit] Lieux

location of Foch island

location of Prince of Monaco's islands

location of the Society of Geography's peninsula

location of Mont Ross

Situation de Port-aux-Français

Cook Glacier: location and extension in 2004

Gulf of Morbihan

Mount Ross (1850m) seen from the Gulf of Morbihan

Mountains and a sandur plain of Rallier du Baty peninsula

Harem of Elephant seals on a beach of Rallier du Baty peninsula

Cook Glacier: southern rim in 1983

Part view of Port-aux-français in 1983

Port-Couvreux

Le Volcan du Diable (315 m)
English: Herrmann's grave (detail of the inscription) on Kerguelen shore : Bernhard HERRMANN was a german marine soldier accidentally died in 1940
Français : Tombe de Bernhard Herrmann sur les Îles Kerguelen. Bernhard Herrmann était un soldat allemand mort accidentellement sur ces îles en 1940
English: Herrmann's grave (detail of the inscription) on Kerguelen shore : Bernhard HERRMANN was a german marine soldier accidentally died in 1940
Français : Tombe de Bernhard Herrmann sur les Îles Kerguelen. Bernhard Herrmann était un soldat allemand mort accidentellement sur ces îles en 1940

Remains of vats used for fusing elephant seal blubber

Two Brothers Mountains (Monts des Deux Frères)

[edit] Flore

Kerguelen's cabbage

Kerguelen's cabbage (old plant)

[edit] Faune

Commerson's dolphin

Kerguelen's Fur seal (male)

Southern Elephant seal (harem) : on a beach of the Rallier du Baty peninsula

Southern Elephant seal (male)

Southern Elephant seal (females) : one is giving birth

Southern Elephant seal (pup)

Southern Elephant seal (just weaned pup): first bath

Southern Elephant seal (just weaned pups)

Southern Elephant seal (young males): collective mudbath during moulting

young Leopard seal

Great skua

pair of Rockhoppers penguins during brooding

Chionis

chick of Kelp gull

young King penguin during moulting

Colony of penguins

Phoebetria palpebrata

Penguins

Diomedea exulans wooing a mate

Diomedea exulans
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