Inhoudsopgave
Waar liggen de Kerguelen?
Kerguelen
| Eiland van Frankrijk | |
|---|---|
| Land | Frankrijk |
| Eilandengroep | Franse Zuidelijke Gebieden |
| Locatie | Indische Oceaan |
| Coördinaten | 49° 20′ 0″ ZB, 69° 20′ 0″ OL |
Welk Waddeneiland is niet bewoond?
Wat zijn de namen van de Waddeneilanden? De namen van de bewoonde Nederlandse Waddeneilanden zijn van west naar oost: Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland en Schiermonnikoog. Kort samengevat TVTAS. De onbewoonde eilanden zijn de Razende Bol, Rottumerplaat en Rottumeroog.
Where are the Kerguelen Islands?
The Kerguelen Islands are an overseas territory of France. But their far-off location in the southern Indian Ocean places these islands far closer to Antarctica than to mainland Europe.
What does Kerguelen stand for?
The Kerguelen Islands ( /kərˈɡeɪlən/ or /ˈkɜːrɡələn/; in French commonly Îles Kerguelen but officially Archipel des Kerguelen, pronounced [kɛʁɡelɛn] ), also known as the Desolation Islands ( Îles de la Désolation in French), are a group of islands in the Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts…
Why are the Kerguelen Islands called The “Desolation Islands?
In fact, the islands are so remote and the landscape so harsh that they have also been called the “Desolation Islands.” On October 28, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of the Kerguelen Islands.
What is the climate like on the Kerguelen Islands?
With a polar climate, the temperatures in the Kerguelen Islands always range below ten degrees centigrade during the summer months too. Grasses, lichens, planktons and mosses, along with special Kerguelen cabbage form the flora at the Desolation Island, while wild cats, feral rabbits, reindeer and wild sheep are the main fauna in the region.