If you are not a registered member, click the REGISTER link on the site menu to setup a FREE account to take advantage of all the information on R/C Scale Building in our community.
Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Conventional Short Form
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Local Long Form
Territoire des Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises
Local Short Form
Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises
Former
Info Not Available
Location
south of Africa, islands in the southern Indian Ocean, about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia; note - French Southern and Antarctic Lands include Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, and Iles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, Adelie Land; the US does not recognize the French claim to Adelie Land
Map References
Antarctic Region
Geographic
43 00 S, 67 00 E
Timezone
* DST Time
Capital
Libreville
Population
no indigenous inhabitants
Area (Km2)
7,829
Currency
Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XAF)
Language(s)
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi