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<title>
French Southern & Antarctic Lands: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the southern Indian Ocean, about equidistant
between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 7,781 km2</l>
<l> land area: 7,781 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly less than 1.5 times the size of
Delaware</l>
</list>
<p>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
</p>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 1,232 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm from Iles Kerguelen
only</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: Terre Adelie claim in Antarctica is
not recognized by the US
</p>
<p>Climate: antarctic
</p>
<p>Terrain: volcanic
</p>
<p>Natural resources: fish, crayfish
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 0%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
<l> other: 100%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 0 km2
</p>
<p>Environment: Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul are extinct
volcanoes
</p>
<p>Note: remote location in the southern Indian Ocean
</p></body></article></text>