Les Îles du Prince-de-Monaco are a small group of 16 islands and islets belonging to
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...
, located off Grande Terre, the principal island of the
Kerguelen Islands.
They are located in the Audierne bay around from the Bourbonnais point. The two main isles of the group are separated by a narrow strait and on the southern island, l'Île Sud du Prince-de-Monaco, an unnamed hill reaches an elevation of
above sea level.
Their name was chosen by
Raymond Rallier du Baty
Raymond Rallier du Baty (30 August 1881 – 7 May 1978) was a French sailor and explorer, from Lorient in Brittany, who carried out surveys of the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands in the southern Indian Ocean in the early 20th century.
Rallier du ...
in 1908/1909 to honour
Albert I, Prince of Monaco
Albert I (Albert Honoré Charles Grimaldi; 13 November 1848 – 26 June 1922) was Prince of Monaco from 10 September 1889 until his death. He devoted much of his life to oceanography, exploration and science. Alongside his expeditions, Albert I ...
.
[''Toponymie des Terres australes'', by the ''Commission territoriale de toponymie'' and Gracie Delepine, August 1973, page 97]
References
General view of non-metropolitan France Maison de la Géographie.
Prince-de-Monaco
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