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Kerguelen Islands

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[kur-guh-len, -luhn] / ˈkɜr gəˌlɛn, -lən /

noun

  1. an archipelago in the S Indian Ocean: a possession of France. 2,394 sq. mi. (6,200 sq. km).


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The birds live on the Kerguelen Islands, known in French as the Desolation Islands, nearly 2,000 miles from any permanently inhabited landmass.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Not long after setting out from Cape Town, she lost a mast to heavy seas and limped to the remote Kerguelen Islands, where she had arranged for a new mast.

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