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French Southern Territories
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A dormant volcanic shield island in the Southern Indian Ocean, roughly midway between Africa and Australia, home to the Martin-de-Viviès research station.
OpenThe highest mountain in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, a stratovolcano on Kerguelen Island whose glaciers feed the island's interior lakes.
OpenA small rocky archipelago off the coast of Adélie Land in East Antarctica, home to one of the largest Adélie penguin colonies in the territory and the site of the abandoned Port Martin station.
OpenThe administrative capital and main settlement of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, on the eastern shore of Kerguelen Island in the southern Indian Ocean.
OpenThe largest of the five Crozet Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, dominated by high cliffs and home to one of the largest king penguin colonies on earth.
OpenA volcanic crater island south of Amsterdam Island in the Southern Indian Ocean, with a breached crater forming a natural harbour accessible in calm conditions.
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