Kerguelen Islands
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Kerguelen Islands Îles Kerguelen | |
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 Location o the Kerguelen Islands in the Soothren Ocean | |
 Cairt o the Kerguelen Islands | |
| Caipital | 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 |
• Preses | François Hollande |
• Admeenistrator | Pascal Bolot[1] |
• Heid o Destrict | Disker[1] |
| French owerseas territory | |
• Discovery | Februar 1772 |
• | 1944 |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 7,215 km2 (2,786 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | aroond 45 (winter) aroond 110 (simmer) |
| Currency | 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.