ÃŽle Longue is one 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 subantarctic, sub-Antarctic region. They are among the Extremes on Earth#Remoteness, most i ...
situated near to the south-east coast of Grande Terre, the principal island.
The highest point is a mountain named ''Pic d'Antoine'', at 270 metres.
Since 1950 the island hosts about 3500 free range sheep bred in order to provide fresh meat to the
Port-aux-Français settlement.
[Pierre Jullien, ''David Grangette, le berger des Kerguelen''; article on ]Le Monde
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of January the 5th 2007; on-line abstract o
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References
Kerguelen islands map
Géoportail Institut Géographique National, IGN.
General view of non-metropolitan France
Maison de la Géographie.
Longue
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