Île de Croÿ is a French island, part of the

Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Islands ( or ; in French commonly ' but officially ', ), also known as the Desolation Islands (' in French), are a group of islands in the sub-Antarctic constituting one of the two exposed parts of the Kerguelen Plateau, a lar ...

and about ten miles north-west of the main island. It is located at 48°38'19.3"S 68°37'18.6"E. It has no permanent inhabitants.

Land

Île de Croÿ is 5.61 km from east to west. It has a volcano.

Climate

The island is quite cold with an average of 9°C.

Plants and animals

Living on the island are

penguins Penguins ( order Sphenisciformes , family Spheniscidae ) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly ada ...

, albatrosses, and seals. For more information, see List of mammals of French Southern Territories.

References

Kerguelen Islands Islands of the Atlantic Ocean Uninhabited islands of France {{Island-stub