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Kerguelen Islands
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English
Etymology
en James Cook Navy officer British 1776. en French Navy officer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec = 1734 1797, who discovered the islands in 1772.
Proper noun
p 1 Kerguelen Islands
en archipelago in the Antarctic, south of the Indian Ocean in the ocean/Southern Ocean.
en overseas territory c/France including the archipelago.
Synonyms
en archipelago Desolation Islands
Translations
archipelago
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 凱爾蓋朗群島 Kǎi'ěrgàilǎng Qúndǎo
French: fr Archipel Kerguelen, fr Îles Kerguelen
Polish: pl Wyspy Kerguelena nv-p
territory of France
French: fr Îles Kerguelen
Polish: pl Wyspy Kerguelena nv-p
See also
en Kerguelen Island