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 large ...

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 adapt ...

albatrosses Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacifi ...

, and

seals Seals may refer to: * Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: ** Earless seal, or "true seal" ** Fur seal * Seal (emblem), a device to impress an emblem, used as a means of a ...

. 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