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	French Southern Territories Districts
		On 2005-01-03, administration of the Îles Éparses was transferred from Reunion to French Southern Territories.
		Because of the Antarctic treaty, I have assigned Adélie Land to Antarctica for purposes of classification.
		French Southern Territories is divided into four districts and one private domain of the state.
	www.statoids.com /utf.html (536 words)

	French Southern and Antarctic Lands - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		French Southern and Antarctic Lands overseas territory of France, including Adélie Land, which covers c.200,000 sq mi (520,000 sq km) in Antarctica, and a number of islands in the S Indian Ocean.
		The Crozet Islands, to the west, and Saint Paul and Amsterdam islands, to the northeast, are also part of the territory.
		Sustainable Development and the 1991 Madrid Protocol to the 1959 Antarctic Treaty: The Primacy of Protection in a Particularly Sensitive Environment.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-frsthrnna.html (382 words)

	Meteorite Stamps and Coins
		The first sheet (left) depicts a Martian meteorite from India (presumably Shergotty), a Martian meteorite from Nigeria (presumably Zagami), a Howardite from the United States (five are known), the iron meteorite Mundrabilla from Australia, and a mesosiderite from Poland (presumably Lowicz).
		The second sheet (right) depicts an Antarctic pallasite (presumably Theil Mountains), a bencubbinite from Libya (presumably Hammadah al Hamra 237), a pallasite from the former Soviet Union (possibly Krasnojarsk), an ordinary L-chondrite from China, and an ordinary L-chondrite from the United States.
		On January 1, 1996 the French Southern and Antarctic Territories issued a stamp commemorating the micrometeorites of Cape Prud'homme, Antarctica.
	www.pibburns.com /catastro/metstamp.htm (8148 words)

	French Pacific Dependencies FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		French Pacific Dependencies FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES
		The French Southern and Antarctic Territories (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises), an overseas territory of France, have a total area of 7,781 sq km (3,004 sq mi), not including Adélie Land, and are administered by an appointed administrator and consultative council from Paris.
		Most of the population (145 in 2002) in the territories were researchers.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Asia-and-Oceania/French-Pacific-Dependencies-FRENCH-SOUTHERN-AND-ANTARCTIC-TERRITORIES.html (233 words)

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		From 1908 to 1910, she winters in Antarctic (Palmer archipelago, in South Shetlands) ; then from 1911 to 1914, from 1920 to 1924 she realises several oceanographic cruises in Atlantic and sails in northern seas.
		In 1925, he is the first French to moor on the western coast of Greenland where he comes back in 1931, during the second international polar year.
		French Navy Aviso, built in 1915, commissioned in 1930 to mark the national sovereingty on St Paul et Amsterdam.
	www.chez.com /philateliemarine/phil_mar_e/TAAF_e.htm (2087 words)

	Location & climate of Kerguelen Island, South Indian Ocean
		Kerguelen is a French possession, lying some 13,000 km from France in the Southern Indian Ocean.
		Scattered French possessions in the Southern Ocean contribute to it's position as the country with the largest Exclusive Economic Zone in the world.
		As Kerguelen lies on the Antarctic Convergence where upwelling cold water from the Antarctic mixes with the the warmer waters of the Indian Ocean, birdlife and marine mammals are abundant.
	www.btinternet.com /~sa_sa/kerguelen/kerguelen_islands.html (300 words)

	French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		French sovereignty exercises over this part of the Antarctica continent according to the Antarctic Treaty System.
		The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have formed a territoire d'outre-mer (an overseas territory) of France since 1955.
		The territory's natural resources are limited to fish and crustaceans; economic activity is limited to servicing meteorological and geophysical research stations and French and other fishing fleets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Southern_Territories (885 words)

	French Austral and Antarctic Territories
		Terres australes et antarctiques françaises are a French oversea territory with administrative and financial autonomy, as prescribed by the law of 6 August 1955.
		The territory is composed of four districts, as prescribed by the territorial decree of 20 October 1956:
		The arms of the territory were created by Miss Suzanne Gauthier, who sent the original drawing to SPADEM on 4 September 1958 in order to have it registered.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/tf.html (1120 words)

	Stamps
		Visited since 1831, the mainland territory was claimed on 24 August 1936, though a base was not established until 11 February 1954.
		Mail is known from numerous Antarctic expeditions: Mawson in 1911 (used stamps of Tasmania), Shackleton in 1921-2 (used stamps of Britain), Mawson again in 1929-31 (used stamps of Australia), and the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) of 1947- 65.
		French overseas territory consisting of the Crozet Archipelago (1772), the islands of St Paul, New Amsterdam (claimed by France 21 November 1924) and Kerguelen (reoccupied in1949), and Adelie Land.
	www.skywatcher.com /rickpierce/stamps.htm (1163 words)

	French Colonies - Crozet Archipelago, Les Iles Crozet
		The Crozets form one of the four regions in the Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises (French Southern and Antarctic Territories), which include Terre Adélie (Antarctica), Kerguelen and the islands of Amsterdam/St-Paul.
		This zone is patrolled by French Naval Vessels and also Greenpeace, concerned about the exploitation of the Toothfish and the effect on Albatross Populations.
		The French Maritime Forces deploy this patrol boat to safeguard the economic zones of the T.A.A.F. (Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises), particularly watchful of illegal fishing enterprises.
	www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/Crozet.shtml (1527 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- French Community - AOL Research & Learn
		established in 1958 by the constitution of the Fifth French Republic to replace the French Union.
		In 1962 the metropolitan departments of Algeria and the Sahara became the sovereign state of Algeria and ceased to be part of the Community.
		However, as the former French African possessions evolved their own political and economic structures, the French Community became largely defunct, although it was not formally abolished.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/french-community/20051206020609990005 (168 words)

	French Colonies - Kerguelen Archipelago, Ile Kerguelen
		In the belief that a massive southern continent must exist to "balance" those of the northern hemisphere, King Louis XV of France commissioned the French navigator, Chevalier Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, to discover such a continent for France.
		During the political upheaval of the French Revolution, Kerguelen was perceived to be a "victim of the monarchy", and was released.
		The base is shared with CNES (the French National Space Center), whose operations are dedicated to the tracking of satellites — notably the Ariane rockets launched from Kourou in French Guiana.
	www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/Kerguelen.shtml (2142 words)

	ESA - Observing the Earth - Benefiting Our Economy - Envisat radar surveillance protects endangered prehistoric fish
		Perched between Africa, India, Australia and Antarctica, the windswept French territory of the Kerguelen Islands is one of the remotest places on Earth.
		Run for the benefit of the French maritime authorities by the firm CLS (Collecte, Localisation Satellites), a subsidiary of the French space agency CNES, the system is up and running at a time when overfishing has left the 40-million-year-old Patagonian toothfish species on the verge of extinction.
		Only French-owned ships are authorised to fish in the combined French Southern and Antarctic Territories EEZ, mostly working out of the French territory of Réunion Island, around 3000 kilometres west of Kerguelen.
	www.esa.int /esaEO/SEMPLU638FE_economy_0.html (910 words)

	French overseas departments and territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These territories have varying legal status and different levels of autonomy, although all have representation in the Parliament of France, and the right to vote in elections to the European Parliament.
		They include island territories in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans, a territory on the South American coast, and several periantarctic islands as well as an extensive claim in Antarctica.
		Each inhabited French territory, metropolitan or overseas, is represented in both the French National Assembly and the French Senate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_overseas_departments_and_territories (610 words)

	French Community — FactMonster.com
		French Community, established in 1958 by the constitution of the Fifth French Republic to replace the
		French Equatorial Africa - French Equatorial Africa, former French federation in W central Africa.
		French Union - French Union, 1946–58, political entity established by the French constitution of 1946.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0819652.html (216 words)

	French Overseas Territories Essai (Pattern) coins
		This territory consists of several groups of islands in the southern Indian Ocean and a sector of Antarctica that is claimed by France.
		The arms of French Guyana is on the obverse of both the 1 1/2 Euro and 20 Euro.
		Guadeloupe is a French Territory in the Caribbean.
	www.joelscoins.com /frenchterr.htm (1843 words)

	French Southern and Antarctic Lands
		Background: The Southern Lands consist of two archipelagos, Iles Crozet and Iles Kerguelen, and two volcanic islands, Ile Amsterdam and Ile Saint-Paul.
		The Antarctic portion consists of "Adelie Land," a thin slice of the Antarctic continent discovered and claimed by the French in 1840.
		Economy overview: Economy - overview: Economic activity is limited to servicing meteorological and geophysical research stations and French and other fishing fleets.
	www.paulnoll.com /Locations/visiting-French-Southern-Territories.html (158 words)

	Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries, Inc. Sale - 928 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		French Southern and Antarctic Territories Lots 2141-2151 (Continued...
		French Southern and Antarctic Territories Lots 2152-2162 (Continued...
		French Southern and Antarctic Territories Lots 2163-2167 (Continued...
	stampauctioncentral.com /y/y928.cfm (158 words)

	South-Pole.com: Arctic & Antarctic History on the Net
		The early sealing industry declined as the population of Fur seals and Elephant seals were reduced to such an extent that the industry became virtually unprofitable.
		The second major exploitation of Antarctic resources began in 1904 with the establishment of the modern whaling industry.
		Be sure to read Antarctic Mayday, the story as told by a crash survivor, and Tragedy on the Ice, the story of Fred Williams who wasn't so lucky.
	www.south-pole.com /homepage.html (1145 words)

	French Southern and Antarctic Territories Stamp New Issues. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		French Southern and Antarctic Territories Stamp New Issues.
		The French Southern and Antarctic Territories in the Third Millennium.
		La Poste holds philatelic information on the issues of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories at the "Philinfo" section of its web site at http://www.laposte.fr/philatel/index.htm.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~jollian/NIFrsout.html (131 words)

	Antarctic
		Visitor's map of the Antarctic Peninsula Region, includes Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), South Georgia, South Orkneys, and South Shetland.
		Map of Antarctic Continent (Scale 1:12,250,000), includes an enlargement of the Ross Island Region.
		Unfortunately we are not able to send this map to overseas addresses because of the size.
	www.themapshop.co.uk /antarctic.htm (216 words)

	French Colonies - Southern & Antarctic Territories
		The French tricolore is the official flag for each of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories.
		The French Southern and Antarctic Territories — Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises (TAAF) — form an overseas territory of France, established in 1955, that consists of several groups of islands in the southern Indian Ocean and a sector of Antarctica (see map) that is claimed by France.
		The Antarctic territory is called Adélie Coast (Terre Adélie).
	www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/Antarctic.shtml (750 words)

	ASOC Southern Ocean Fisheries Campaign
		An important Treaty between the Governments of Australia and France on cooperation in the maritime areas adjacent to the French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF), Heard Island and the McDonald Islands came into force on February 1, 2005.
		ASOC is a key partner in a new coalition whose goal is to protect the base of the Antarctic marine ecosystem – krill.
		Management of the Antarctic Krill: Ensuring the Conservation of the Antarctic Marine Ecosystem, October 2004.
	www.asoc.org /what_sof.htm (800 words)

	AJ's Encyclopedia of Stamps: FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANARCTIC LANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		French Southern and Antarctic Lands - via the CIA:
		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".
		French SAT - Download Album Pages: - $5 a year for all the countries you can eat!
	members.tripod.com /~ajward/stamps/fr-sat.htm (156 words)

	SNA Humor Award for a FSAT Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-03)
		The first SNA Humor Award was won by the French Southern and Antarctic Territories sheet shown below.
		If the French Southern and Antarctic Territories were less Southern...
		Starting by the 18th century the French navigators dreamt of a rich Continent that they could discover and colonize in the Southern Hemisphere.
	www.sna-on.postalstamps.biz /humor/humor-award.htm (220 words)

	French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF) Stamps, Selling & Buying George C. Baxley
		FSAT 46,7,9i $28 1972 Insects,part II,imperf FSAT 54-6i $30 1972-3 Plants,imperf FSAT 64-5i $40 1976 Ross,imperf FSAT 66i B/4 $100 1978 Captain Cook,impef FSAT 76i $25 1977 Flags,cartoon character, polar exploration,imperf FSAT 76i TC S/5 $25 1977 Flags,cartoon character, polar exploration,trial color vertical strip of 5,imperf
		FSAT 77-9i Vert Pair $75 1979 Ships,imperf FSAT 80i B/4 $50 1979 R. Rallier du Baty,imperf FSAT 84-5i Paris $50 1979 Ships,birds,imperf pairs FSAT 86i B/4 $65 1979 Admiral Antoine D'Entrecasteaux, imperf FSAT 104i Pair $28 1983 Ship,imperf, horiz pair FSAT 104i TC S/4 $25 1983 Ship,trial color vertical strip of 5,imperf
		FSAT 105-6i $22 1984 Glaciers,imperf FSAT 117i $8 1985 Andre-Frank Liotard,imperf FSAT C35ai $45 1974 Space,Alfred Base,pair with label between,imperf FSAT C41-3i $55 1976 Ships,imperf FSAT C46i $30 1976 Ships,Kerguelen Isl,imperf FSAT C54i B/4 $88 1979 Seal,imperf FSAT C59i $15 1979 Trees,imperf FSAT C78-9i $35 1984 Port of Joan of Arc,imperf
	www.baxleystamps.com /fsat.htm (1287 words)

	Freecards (Rackcards); French Colonies Postcards & Post Cards
		Devastation is from the bombardment by the French preparatory to their occupation in 1907.
		It was established in 1912 as a French military fort, and grew substantially since then.
		"French West Africa" semi-nude females carrying some things on their heads, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1965 in US.
	www.judnick.com /FredHarveyToFrenchColonies.htm (2060 words)

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