Port-aux-Français

Port-aux-Français
Port-aux-Français
Port of France
Port to the French
Scientific Research Base
Port-aux-Français in 2005
Port-aux-Français
Port-aux-Français
Port-aux-Français (Indian Ocean)
Coordinates: 49°21′00″S 70°13′08″E / 49.35°S 70.218889°E / -49.35; 70.218889
CountryFrance
TerritoryTAAF
DistrictKerguelen Islands
Established1963 (1963)
Area
 • Total
0.70 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
 • Land0.70 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Elevation
10 m (30 ft)
Population
 • Summer
120
 • Winter
45
Time zoneUTC+5
UN/LOCODETF PFR
Active timesAll year-round
StatusOperational
Activities
List
  • Meteorology
  • Geophysics
  • Biology
Websitetaaf.fr

Port-aux-Français (French pronunciation: [pɔʁ o fʁɑ̃sɛ]) is the main settlement of the Kerguelen Islands, and French Southern and Antarctic Lands, in the south Indian Ocean.

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