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Far too far away to be the same.
German and French maps in an English article? Pathetic.
This island even have own currency - Kerguelenois Franc:http://worldmoneymax.com/?/item-200/—Precedingunsigned comment added byShtoormann (talk •contribs)13:36, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Many books and novels have been published in French and related to Kerguelen Islands. Reefering to articles of the present encyclopedia we report:-about German Navy in Kerguelen during the Second World War : an historic novel wirtten by Jacques NOUGIER "Les Corsaires des Terres australes" published by Editions de la Dyle in 1999 (ISBN 90-76526-08-7)-about illegal fishing and economical problems in the sub-antarctic zone :"Pirate de légines -Ocean Indien Austral" written by Jacques NOUGIER and published by Editions l'Harmattan in 2003 (ISBN 2-7475-4459-1-about wreckages during the 19e century on sub-antarctic coasts: "Trois Naufrages pour trois îles" by Amapof, published in 1998 by Editions de la Dyle (ISBN 90 801124-9-6) with many drawings and pictures.We recommend the web site :http://www.terres-extremes.com
Image:Iles_kerguelen2.png and Image:Kerguelen_Map2.png seep to be somewhat duplicative; is it necessary to include both?AnonMoos17:21, 9 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but these places are not former settlements but only sheltered places where ships may anchor. The source[2] is not so reliable and however gives information cautiously (“other settlements on the Kerguelen Archipelagomay have been vanished: Port Decaen, Port St. Louis”). Right information from : DELEPINE Gracie (1973). -Toponymie des terres australes. Comm. territoriale de toponymie, h.s. revue TAAF, Paris
Channer14:26, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The article says Cook visited Kerguelen in (Christmas Day) 1797, but he died in 1779. Reading the Cook article I don't know when he actually visited but earlier in this article it also says 1776, which makes sense with his voyage paths. I'll change it but somebody can change again if its wrong.Rahulchandra05:09, 19 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think the auxiliary cruiser Penguin also visited the island—Precedingunsigned comment added by213.137.119.113 (talk)23:44, 5 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I never visited these islands, but the photos of the article shows them as beautifull places.Agre22 (talk)15:10, 29 August 2008 (UTC)agre22[reply]
Why no IPA for the other French words be sides "Kerguelen". I'd do it, but my French is terrible.Leodmacleod (talk)17:55, 13 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
what about some information on the climate of the island? i find myself very curious about this, does it snow? or might it be similar to iceland's climate?—Precedingunsigned comment added byZagahock (talk •contribs)03:21, 19 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Aside from noting that this little bit of trivia is uncited, and therefore original research, I decided to try out the claim and exchanged N for S and E for W....and then 180|00 minus 69|35 = 110|25|W should be the longitude, which gives us:
Which is about 25 km SW ofManyberries, Alberta and about 50 km ENE of theCoutts-Sweetgrass border crossing; about 50-60km west of the border with Saskatchewan. I guess for experikment's sake I'm going to determine the AB-SK-MT border convergence and antipodizeit, and see if it's in Kerguelen. But I don't see the point os such bits of information; why is this useful? Why is it more than just trivia? Why is it notWP:original research??Skookum1 (talk) 01:43, 30 August 2009 (UTC)The border convergence is at49°00′00″N110°00′00″W / 49.00000°N 110.00000°W /49.00000; -110.00000, so the antipodal point to that is49°00′00″S70°00′00″E / 49.00000°S 70.00000°E /-49.00000; 70.00000....which OK is a point in the ocean in the big bay/gulf on the northeast side of Kerguelen....but again, why is this relevant toanything? Why does it belong in an encyclopedia article? And where is the cite that makes it something other than original research? And if anything, such antipodality barely touches Montana; it's a good 15' N of the border; the area in question also hsa a name, theCypress Hills.Skookum1 (talk)01:59, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Any reason they're listed as the French Southern & Antarctic Lands in Google Maps?DannyBoy20802 (talk)04:53, 16 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
SeeFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands—Precedingunsigned comment added by71.142.222.247 (talk)10:03, 26 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
This article is a FA in Magyar wiki and a GA in German wiki maybe that can help us.Spongie555 (talk)03:18, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I removed theMoby Dick reference to "the Isle of Desolation, off Patagonia," as this more likely refers toDesolation Island (South Shetland Islands).Goustien (talk)03:23, 15 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Henry Rider Haggard sets one of the key event of "Mr. Meeson's Will" on the island of Kerguelen's Land. This is a seldom read work of Rider Haggard published (according to Wikipedia) in 1888. Haggard makes reference to the British scientific expeditions of 1874. If anyone wants to do the necessary referencing and foot-noting to incorporate this into the body of the article, the book is in the public domain and can be got over the internet or from Amazon for free (kindle version). The book also was made into a very early (1915) silent movie, but I do not know whether Kerguelen's Land was explicitly in the movie.RoseHawk (talk)14:03, 28 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
This article says that it's 242, butList of country calling codes says it has none.71.203.66.120 (talk)13:04, 17 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've removed a set of additions, 7 edits from an anonymous IP. Although sources were cited, there are several problems with the material, including (1) the fact that the fish stocks have been measured does not mean that a large fishery exists (2) the history of the Gondwanan supercontinent doesn't belong in the Economy section (3) a discussion of continental shelves (what they are, conventions governing them, general statments such as "Most commercial exploitation from the sea, such as metallic-ore, non-metallic ore, andhydrocarbon extraction, takes place on the continental shelf." that are not specific to the Kerguelens) doesn't belong here, that belongs on pages having to do with continental shelves.Nadiatalent (talk)12:10, 9 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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It has a big natural resource in fish due to be acontinental shelf larger than Greenland size. Estimates of biomass and abundance were produced foreight commercial species. The total biomass was 245 000 tonnes and Patagonian toothfish(Dissostichus eleginoides) accounted for half of the value (124 000 tonnes). The fish biomasswas distributed between the shelf and the deep sea. However, this evaluation remainsincomplete.[3]
The continental shelf teem with life, because of the sunlight available in shallow waters, in contrast to the biotic desert of the oceans'abyssal plain. Thepelagic (water column) environment of the continental shelf constitutes theneritic zone, and thebenthic (sea floor) province of the shelf is thesublittoral zone.[4]Most commercial exploitation from the sea, such as metallic-ore, non-metallic ore, andhydrocarbon extraction, takes place on the continental shelf. Sovereign rights over their continental shelves up to a depth of 200 metres or to a distance where the depth of waters admitted of resource exploitation were claimed by the marine nations that signed theConvention on the Continental Shelf drawn up by the UN'sInternational Law Commission in 1958. This was partly superseded by the 1982United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.[5] which created the 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone and extended continental shelf rights for states with physical continental shelves that extend beyond that distance.
France extend its jurisdiction over 567 732 square kilometers of the neighboring continental shelf from the land area of 7 215 resulting in 574 947 square kilometers. There are besides some fishing boats and vessels, owned by fishermen onRéunion Island, adepartment of France approximately 3,300 km (2,100 miles) to the north, who are licensed to fish within the archipelago'sExclusive Economic Zone.
Govern of France principal activities on the Kerguelen Islands focus mostly on scientific research, earth sciences and biology. The so-called Kerguelenmicrocontinent orKerguelen Plateau includecharcoal andconglomerate fragments ofgneiss indicate that much of the plateau was above sea level an covered by dense conifer forest. Tt sanks 20 million years ago and is now 1 to 2 km (0.6 to 1.2 mi) below sea level. It hassedimentary rocks similar to the ones found inAustralia andIndia, suggesting it wasgondwanan origen.
The former sounding rocket range to the east of Port-aux-Français49°21′S70°16′E / 49.350°S 70.267°E /-49.350; 70.267 (FUSOV) is currently the site of aSuperDARN radar.
Since 1992, theFrenchCentre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) has operated asatellite androckettracking station which is located four kilometers east ofPort-aux-Français. There was a need for a tracking station in theSouthern Hemisphere, and the French government required that it be located on French territory, rather than in a populated, foreign place likeAustralia orNew Zealand."
In the photo you can see that the continental shelf is big. The economic importance is referenced. But Nadietalent reverted too, another page related with a flooded laurel forest in Ghana with economic value. I prefer not do a War with a person.Curritocurrito (talk)15:02, 10 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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Under LOCALITIES in this article I read 'It is understood the islands have received the attention of the French military.' Whatever can that mean? Would it be possible to have it written in slightly-clearer English?— Precedingunsigned comment added by2.25.168.186 (talk)19:10, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
(Moved here from my talk page) --Guy Macon (talk)19:12, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Hi,
You may not have noticed but this article already has predominantly British spelling rather than US. Hence, perWP:ENGVAR, the IP would be right in this case. Am I missing something else?
Regards,
WCMemail11:52, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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WCMemail12:32, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Jeh and I are following the wishes of the community by in general not changing from one national spelling to another and occasionally making an exception when we happen to notice the "wrong" spelling in an article where there is a clear tie to the US or the UK. The IP is doing exactly what the community rejected back when this was being decided and actively seeking out places that use US spelling and replacing them with UK spelling, and searching with a fine-tooth comb to find a word or two that he thinks use the UK spelling as an excuse to continue his crusade to change as much of Wikipedia as possible to UK spelling.
Kerguelen Islands is a case in point. The only things in that article that could be seen as being UK English are two occurrences of "organise" and one "organisational" and the only things in that article that could be seen as being US English are three occurrences of "center". That doesnot equal "an English variety's consistent usage has been established in an article".
BTW, "organise" isn't all that far ahead of "organize" in UK English. See[3] compared to[4] Also see[5]. --Guy Macon (talk)19:12, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Agricultural activities were limited until 2007 to raising sheep (about 3,500 Bizet sheep – a breed of sheep that israre in mainland France) on Longue Island for consumption by the occupants of the base, as well as small quantities of vegetables in a greenhouse within the immediate vicinity of the main French base.
Why does the article say "until 2007" and what happened after that? --XndrK (talk |contribs)19:22, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"Due to the island's southern latitude, it experiences a couple of weeks from December to early January in which there is no true night, only astronomical twilight (sun illumination is barely distinguishable at nighttime) ."I don't think this can be true. Kerguelen is quite far north of the southernpolar circle. It's lattitude is comparable with Northern France, but then on the Southern hemisphere. Even where I live (52 degrees North), we experience true nights throughout the whole of summer, so how could it be that at barely 50 degrees south one would experience only astronomical twilight around midsummer?KKoolstra (talk)19:33, 12 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
The current page reads that "In 1800, Hillsborough spent eight months sealing and whaling around the islands."
I just read in the Gray Report on Whaling (originally published 1874, reproduced in abiography on C.A. Larsen's published by the Fram Museum, 2016) that captain Rhodes on S/V Hillsborough visited Kerguelen in 1799, not 1800.
The information in the Gray Report is probably taken from (because similar to the information provided in)capt. J. Cook's acccount and seems to be confirmed by thisshort narrative on Rhodes life.
I do not have access to the book from which the year 1800 is taken. But I believe 1799 seems to be correct. Anyone?— Precedingunsigned comment added byLEXsample (talk •contribs)08:32, 17 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Found under Climate. The title of a chart.
I would change the wording if I could. Kerguelen is not in France, so it can't be compared with "other cities in France". I would just remove the word "other" from the chart.173.53.106.234 (talk)13:38, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]