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 Southern and Antarctic LandsStatus: Overseas Territory Administrator: Michel Champon (2005) Land area: 3,023 sq mi (7,829 sq km, excluding Adélie Land) Capital: Port-au-Français Major sources and definitions |
This territory is uninhabited except for the personnel of scientific bases. It consists of Adélie Land (166,752 sq mi; 431,888 sq km) on the Antarctic mainland (which the U.S. does not recognize) and the following islands in the southern Indian Ocean: the Kerguelen and Crozet archipelagos and the islands of Saint-Paul and New Amsterdam.
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