French S & Antarctic Lands - Travel Rooms and Hotels

The National Capital of French S & Antarctic Lands is: Martin-de-Viviès
French S & Antarctic Lands Area in Square Kilometers: 7829.0
Population Statistics of French S & Antarctic Lands are: 0
French S & Antarctic Lands is located in the continent of . The continent code is AN

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité"

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Capital Port-aux-Français
Official languages French
Government
- Prefect Éric Pilloton
Territoire d'outre-mer
- Date 1955
Population
- estimate 140 hab.
Internet TLD .tf
Flag of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands: see CIA World Factbook
The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, abbreviated TAAF), full name Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Territoire des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises), consist of:

a group of volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean, south of Africa, approximately equidistant between Africa, Antarctica and Australia.
Adélie Land. French claim exercises over this part of the Antarctica continent according to the Antarctic Treaty System.
the Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean.
The territory is also often called the French Southern Territories (French: Terres australes françaises), which excludes Adélie Land where French sovereignty is not recognized internationally. [1]

These lands are not the same as France Antarctique, a former French colony in Brazil.

 Administration

TAAF Administrator's flagThe French Southern and Antarctic Lands have formed a territoire d'outre-mer (an overseas territory) of France since 1955. Formerly, they were administered from Paris by an administrateur supérieur assisted by a secretary-general; since December 2004, however, their administrator has been a préfet, currently Michel Champon, with headquarters in Saint-Pierre on Réunion Island.

French Southern and Antarctic Lands