Geography Of French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Location	southeast of Africa, islands in the southern Indian Ocean, about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia; note - French Southern and Antarctic Lands include 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 references	antarctic
Area	total: 7,829 sq km note: includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen; excludes "Adelie Land" claim of about 500,000 sq km in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US water: 0 sq km land: 7,829 sq km
Area comparative	slightly less than 1.3 times the size of Delaware
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	1,232 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm from Iles Kerguelen (does not include the rest of French Southern and Antarctic Lands)
Climate	antarctic
Terrain	volcanic
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Ross on Iles Kerguelen 1,850 m
Natural resources	fish, crayfish
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2001)
Irrigated land	0 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are extinct volcanoes
Environment - current issues	NA
Environment - international agreements
Geography note	islands component is widely scattered across remote locations in the southern Indian Ocean

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