French Austral and Antarctic Territories

Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF)

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• Presentation of French Austral and Antarctic Territories
• Flag of the Senior Administrator
• Coat of Arms
• Ships registered in the Kerguelen Islands

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• France
• France: Overseas entities
• Antarctica

Presentation of French Austral and Antarctic Territories

Terres australes et antarctiques françaises are a French oversea territory with administrative and financial autonomy, as prescribed by the law of 6 August 1955.

The territory is composed of four districts, as prescribed by the territorial decree of 20 October 1956:

• Kerguelen Islands (7,215 sq. km), with a permanent base (Port-aux-Français) with 68 inhabitants;
• Crozet Archipelago (115 sq. km), with a permanent base (Alfred Faure on