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The flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Drapeau des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises) is a flag representing the overseas territory of France consisting of Adélie Land (Terre Adélie), the Crozet Islands (Îles Crozet), the Kerguelen Islands (Îles Kerguelen), Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands (Îles Saint Paul et Amsterdam), and the Scattered Islands (Îles ...
Its total land area, mostly covered with glaciers, [3] is estimated to be 432,000 square kilometres (167,000 sq mi). [5] The coast of Adélie Land is known for its katabatic winds which push snow and sea ice away from the coast. [3] In a 1915 Science Magazine volume, it was named the "stormiest spot on the face of earth". [6]
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The territory includes the Crozet Islands, the Kerguelen Islands, and the Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands in the southern Indian Ocean near 43°S, 67°E, along with Adélie Land, the sector of Antarctica claimed by France. Adélie Land, named by the French explorer Jules Dumont d’Urville after his wife, covers about 432,000 km 2 (167,000 sq mi).
English: Mawson rests at the side of sledge, Adelie Land, Antarctica, 1912, photo by Xavier Mertz, from original negative, State Library of New South Wales Home and Away - 36771 Date 1912
Pages in category "Adelie Land articles" The following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total. ... File talk:Flag of Antarctica.svg; Category talk:FM-Class ...
The expedition reached Adelaide Island in 1905 and took pictures of the Palmer Archipelago and Loubet Coast. They roughly surveyed, the SW coast of Anvers Island in 1904. They gave the name "Presqu'ile de Biscoe" to a small peninsula on the SE side of Biscoe Bay , adding to the honours for John Biscoe – who may have landed in the vicinity in ...