The Kerguelen Islands or the Kerguelen Archipelago (
French: commonly Îles Kerguelen or Archipel de Kerguelen but officially Archipel des Kerguelen or Archipel Kerguelen), also known as Desolation Island, is a group of
islands in the southern
Indian Ocean. It is a territory of
France.The Kerguelen Islands are located at , which is
antipodal to the area where
Alberta,
Saskatchewan, and
Montana meet in
North America. The main island, Grande Terre, is
6,675 km² and it is surrounded by another 300 smaller islands and islets, forming an
archipelago of 7,215 km². The climate is raw and chilly but not severely cold throughout the year — much like that of the outer
Aleutian Islands of
Alaska — with frequent high winds; and while the surrounding seas are generally rough, they remain free of ice year-round.
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