Kerguelen Islands
| Kerguelen Islands Îles Kerguelen
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Location o the Kerguelen Islands in the Soothren Ocean
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Cairt o the Kerguelen Islands
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| Capital | Port-aux-Français 49°21′S 70°13′E / 49.350°S 70.217°E |
| Offeecial leids | French |
| Govrenment | Destrict o the French Soothren an Antarctic Launds |
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• Preses
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François Hollande |
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• Admeenistrator
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Pascal Bolot[1] |
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• Heid o Destrict
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Disker[1] |
| French owerseas territory | |
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• Discovery
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Februar 1772 |
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1944 |
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• Tot
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7,215 km2 (2,786 sq mi) |
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• Estimate
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aroond 45 (winter) aroond 110 (simmer) |
| Siller | Euro (EUR) |
| Time zone | (UTC4) |
| Cawin code | +262 |
| Internet TLD | .tf |
The Kerguelen Islands (in French commonly Îles Kerguelen or Archipel de Kerguelen but offeecially Archipel des Kerguelen or Archipel Kerguelen, pronounced: [kɛʁɡeˈlɛn]), an aa kent as the Desolation Islands, are a group o islands in the soothren Indian Ocean constitutin ane o the twa emerged pairts o the maistly submerged Kerguelen Plateau.
