<text id=94CT0494><title>French Southern and Antarctic Lands—Geography</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: French Southern and Antarctic Lands<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Southern Africa, in the southern Indian Ocean, about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 7,781 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 7,781 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly less than 1.5 times the size of Delaware
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Kerguelen, and Iles Crozet; excludes Terre Adelie claim of about 500,000 sq km in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US
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<item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> 0 km
<item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 1,232 km
<item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>exclusive economic zone:</hi> 200 nm from Iles Kerguelen only