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ID number     :CI WOFACT 085              
Title         :FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS 
Data type     :TEXT 
End year      :1994
Date of record:02/16/1994
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| FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS 
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FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS 
Affiliation: (overseas territory of France) 
 
GEOGRAPHY 
Location: in the southern Indian Ocean, about equidistant between Africa, 
Antarctica, and Australia 
 
Map references: Antarctic Region, Standard Time Zones of the World 
 
Area: 
 
total area: 7,781 km2 
 
land area: 7,781 km2 
 
comparative area: slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Delaware 
 
note: includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Kerguelen, and Iles 
Crozet; excludes Terre Adelie claim of about 500,000 km2 in Antarctica that is 
not recognized by the US 
 
Land boundaries: 0 km 
 
Coastline: 1,232 km 
 
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm from Iles Kerguelen only 
 
territorial sea: 12 nm 
 
International disputes: Terre Adelie claim in Antarctica is not recognized 
by the US 
 
Climate: antarctic 
 
Terrain: volcanic 
 
Natural resources: fish, crayfish 
 
Land use: 
 
arable land: 0% 
 
permanent crops: 0% 
 
meadows and pastures: 0% 
 
forest and woodland: 0% 
 
Irrigated land: 0 km2 
 
Environment: Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are extinct volcanoes 
 
Note: remote location in the southern Indian Ocean 
 
PEOPLE 
Population: no indigenous inhabitants; note - there are researchers whose 
numbers vary from 150 in winter (July) to 200 in summer (January) 
 
GOVERNMENT 
Names: 
 
conventional long form: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic 
Lands 
 
conventional short form: French Southern and Antarctic Lands 
 
local long form: Territoire des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises 
 
local short form: Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises 
 
Digraph: FS 
 
Type: overseas territory of France since 1955; governed by High 
Administrator Bernard de GOUTTES (since May 1990), who is assisted by a 
7-member Consultative Council and a 12-member Scientific Council 
 
Capital: none; administered from Paris, France 
 
Administrative divisions: none (overseas territory of France); there are 
no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but 
there are 3 districts named Ile Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, and Iles Saint-Paul et 
Amsterdam; excludes Terre Adelie claim in Antarctica that is not recognized by 
the US 
 
Independence: none (overseas territory of France) 
 
Flag: the flag of France is used 
 
ECONOMY 
Overview: Economic activity is limited to servicing meteorological and 
geophysical research stations and French and other fishing fleets. The fishing 
catches landed on Iles Kerguelen by foreign ships are exported to France and 
Reunion. 
 
Budget: revenues $17.5 million; expenditures $NA, including capital 
expenditures of $NA (1992) 
 
COMMUNICATIONS 
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only 
 
Merchant marine: 16 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 292,490 GRT/514,389 
DWT; includes 2 cargo, 4 refrigerated cargo, 4 roll-on/roll-off cargo, 2 oil 
tanker, 3 bulk, 1 multifunction large load carrier; note - a captive subset of 
the French register 
 
Defense forces 
Note: defense is the responsibility of France 
 
 
 
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