Île Longue is one of the
Kerguelen Islands situated near to the south-east coast of Grande Terre, the principal island.
The highest point is a mountain named ''Pic d'Antoine'', at 270 metres.
Since 1950 the islands hosts about 3500 free range sheep bred in order to provide fresh meat to the
Port-aux-Français
Port-aux-Français is the main settlement of the Kerguelen Islands, and French Southern and Antarctic Lands, in the south Indian Ocean.
Occupancy
The settlement is located on the shore of the Gulf of Morbihan. About 45 residents spend the wi ...
settlement.
[Pierre Jullien, ''David Grangette, le berger des Kerguelen''; article on ]Le Monde
''Le Monde'' (; ) is a French daily afternoon newspaper. It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 323,039 copies per issue in 2009, about 40,000 of which were sold abroad. It has had its own website si ...
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References
Kerguelen islands map
Géoportail Institut Géographique National, IGN.
General view of non-metropolitan France
Maison de la Géographie.
Longue
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