ÃŽles du Prince-de-Monaco
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Les ÃŽles du Prince-de-Monaco are a small group of 16 islands and islets belonging to
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, located off Grande Terre, the principal island of the Kerguelen Islands. They are located in Audierne Bay around from Bourdonnais Point. The two main isles of the group are separated by a narrow strait and on the southern island, l'ÃŽle Sud du Prince-de-Monaco, an unnamed hill reaches an elevation of
above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level. In geodesy, it is formalized as orthometric height. The zero level ...
. Their name was chosen by Raymond Rallier du Baty in 1908/1909 to honour Albert I, Prince of Monaco.''Toponymie des Terres australes'', by the ''Commission territoriale de toponymie'' and Gracie Delepine, August 1973, page 97


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Maison de la Géographie. Prince-de-Monaco {{FrenchSouthernTerritories-geo-stub