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French Southern Territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The French Southern Territories (full name Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, French: Territoire des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises or Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, abbreviated T.A.A.F. or TAAF) are volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean, south of Africa, approximately equidistant between Africa, Antarctica and Australia. |
 | | The territorial claim is suspended by the provisions of the Antarctic Treaty. |
 | | The territory includes Île Amsterdam, Île Saint-Paul, Îles Crozet, and Îles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean near 43°S, 67°E, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, Adélie Land, named by French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville after his wife. |
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