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◆ COMMUNICATIONS(6 fields)
Radio broadcast stations
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
Radios
NA
Telephone system
domestic: NA international : NA
Telephones
NA
Television broadcast stations
NA
Televisions
NA
◆ ECONOMY(2 fields)
Budget
revenues: $24.5 million expenditures: $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (1996)
Economy - overview
Economic activity is limited to servicing meteorological and geophysical research stations and French and other fishing fleets. The fish catches landed on Iles Kerguelen by foreign ships are exported to France and Reunion.
◆ GEOGRAPHY(18 fields)
Area
total: 7,781 sq km land: 7,781 sq km water: 0 sq km note: includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen; excludes "Adelie Land" claim of about 500,000 sq km in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US
Area - comparative
slightly less than 1.3 times the size of Delaware
Climate
antarctic
Coastline
1,232 km
Elevation extremes
lowest point : Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mont Ross on Kerguelen 1,850 m
Environment - current issues
NA
Environment - international agreements
party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA
Geographic coordinates
43 00 S, 67 00 E
Geography - note
remote location in the southern Indian Ocean
Irrigated land
0 sq km (1993)
Land boundaries
0 km
Land use
arable land : 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures : 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100%
Location
South of Africa, islands in the southern Indian Ocean, about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia; note - French Southern and Antarctic Lands includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, and Iles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, "Adelie Land"; the US does not recognize the French claim to "Adelie Land"
Map references
Antarctic Region
Maritime claims
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm from Iles Kerguelen only territorial sea: 12 nm
Natural hazards
Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are extinct volcanoes
Natural resources
fish, crayfish
Terrain
volcanic
◆ GOVERNMENT(7 fields)
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 "Adelie Land" claim in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US
Country name
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
Data code
FS
Dependency status
overseas territory of France since 1955; administered by a high commissioner of the Republic
Flag description
the flag of France is used
Independence
none (overseas territory of France)
National capital
none; administered from Paris, France
◆ MILITARY(1 fields)
Military - note
defense is the responsibility of France
◆ PEOPLE(1 fields)
Population
no indigenous inhabitants note: there were 134 (1996) mostly researchers whose numbers vary from winter (July) to summer (January)
◆ TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES(1 fields)
Disputes - international
"Adelie Land" claim in Antarctica is not recognized by the US GABON
◆ TRANSPORTATION(3 fields)
Airports
none
Merchant marine
total: 73 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 2,535,552 GRT/4,382,987 DWT ships by type: bulk 4, cargo 7, chemical tanker 7, container 11, liquefied gas tanker 5, multifunction large-load carrier 1, oil tanker 22, refrigerated cargo 4, roll-on/roll-off cargo 11, specialized tanker 1 note: a subset of the French register allowing French-owned ships to operate under more liberal taxation and manning regulations than permissible under the main French register (1996 est.)
Ports and harbors
none; offshore anchorage only