Kerguelen Islands

E56404
French overseas territory archipelago

The Kerguelen Islands are a remote, sub-Antarctic French archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, known for their harsh climate, rugged volcanic landscape, and scientific research stations.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Kerguelen Islands canonical 30
Kerguelen archipelago 8
Grande Terre (Kerguelen) 2

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French overseas territory ⓘ
archipelago ⓘ
administeredBy French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ
surface form: French Southern and Antarctic Lands administration
alsoKnownAs Desolation Islands ⓘ
approximateCoordinates 49°S 70°E ⓘ
capital Port-aux-Français ⓘ
climate oceanic subpolar climate ⓘ
climateCharacteristic cool temperatures year-round ⓘ
frequent precipitation ⓘ
harsh and windy ⓘ
country France ⓘ
discoveredBy Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ⓘ
discoveryDate 1772 ⓘ
distanceTo about 2000 km north of Antarctica ⓘ
about 3300 km southeast of Madagascar ⓘ
hasCoastlineFeature many fjords and bays ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity limited fishing ⓘ
support for scientific bases ⓘ
hasFauna penguins ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
seals ⓘ
hasFlora Kerguelen cabbage ⓘ
hasGeologicalOrigin volcanic ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mont Ross ⓘ
hasIsland Grande Terre ⓘ
Île Foch ⓘ
Île Haute ⓘ
Île Howe ⓘ
Île Longue ⓘ
Île Saint-Lanne Gramont ⓘ
Île de Castries ⓘ
Île de Croÿ ⓘ
Grande Terre ⓘ
surface form: Île de l'Ouest

Île du Port ⓘ
hasMainIsland Grande Terre ⓘ
hasNo indigenous population ⓘ
hasPopulationType temporary scientific and technical staff ⓘ
hasResearchStation Port-aux-Français research station ⓘ
highestPointElevation about 1850 metres ⓘ
largestSettlement Port-aux-Français ⓘ
locatedIn southern Indian Ocean ⓘ
sub-Antarctic region ⓘ
locatedOn Kerguelen Plateau ⓘ
namedAfter Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec ⓘ
partOf French Southern and Antarctic Lands ⓘ
researchField biology ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ
glaciology ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
oceanography ⓘ
sovereignState France ⓘ
surroundedBy Southern Ocean ⓘ
uninhabitedBy permanent civilian population ⓘ
usedFor scientific research ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indian Ocean → hasMajorIsland → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Antarctic fur seal → nativeTo → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Antarctic fur seal → breedsOn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
French Southern and Antarctic Lands → hasPart → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
gentoo penguin → breedsOn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Port-aux-Français → locatedIn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Port-aux-Français → archipelago → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec → discovered → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec → hasNamesake → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Grande Terre → partOf → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Grande Terre (Kerguelen)
Grande Terre → archipelago → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Grande Terre (Kerguelen)
Grande Terre → isLargestIslandOf → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Grande Terre (Kerguelen)
Grande Terre → locatedOn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Mont Ross
this entity surface form: Grande Terre (Kerguelen)
Île Saint-Lanne Gramont → locatedIn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Île Saint-Lanne Gramont → archipelago → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerguelen archipelago
Île Saint-Lanne Gramont → isPartOf → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Île de Castries → locatedIn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Île de Castries → archipelago → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerguelen archipelago
Kerguelen Plateau → hosts → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Kerguelen Plateau → emergesAs → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Port-aux-Français research station → locatedIn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Port-aux-Français research station → locatedOn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grande Terre (Kerguelen)
Kerguelen cabbage → nativeTo → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Kerguelen cabbage → endemicTo → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Kerguelen cabbage → namedAfter → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Mont Ross → locatedIn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Mont Ross → partOf → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerguelen archipelago
Mont Ross → isHighestPointOf → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Île Foch → locatedIn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Île Foch → archipelago → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerguelen archipelago
Île Foch → partOf → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Southern Territories district of Kerguelen
Île du Port → locatedIn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Île du Port → archipelago → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerguelen archipelago
Île du Port → hasNearbyIslandGroup → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Île Haute → locatedIn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Île Haute → archipelago → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerguelen archipelago
Île Haute → belongsTo → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Southern and Antarctic Lands district of Kerguelen
Île Longue → locatedIn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Île Longue → partOf → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerguelen archipelago
Desolation Islands → alsoKnownAs → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Desolation Islands → alsoKnownAs → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Îles Kerguelen
Île Howe → locatedIn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
Île Howe → archipelago → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kerguelen archipelago
Île Howe → locatedIn → Kerguelen Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Southern and Antarctic Lands district of Îles Kerguelen