Île de l'Ouest
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The Île de l'Ouest is a French island in the Kerguelen archipelago located west of Grande Terre in the extension of the Lakes peninsula, by the foothills of the Cook glacier. It has two bays:Noroît Bay to the north and Bretonne Bay to the south. It is divided by the Grande Terre by the ''détroit de la Marianne'' (''Marianne's strait''). The highest point is a mountain named ''Pic Philippe d'Orléans'', at 617 metres.


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Kerguelen islands map
Géoportail IGN.
General view of non-metropolitan France
Maison de la Géographie.
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