French Southern and Antarctic Lands

The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (in French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, TAAF) is an overseas territory (French: Territoire d’outre-mer or TOM) of France.

It consists of:

• Kerguelen Islands (Archipel des Kerguelen), a group of volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean, southeast of Africa, approximately equidistant between Africa, Antarctica and Australia;
• St. Paul and Amsterdam islands (Îles Saint Paul et Amsterdam), a group to the north of Kerguelen;
• Crozet Islands (Îles Crozet), a group in the southern Indian Ocean, south of Madagascar;
• Adélie Land (Terre Adélie), the French claim on the continent of Antarctica;
• the Scattered Islands (Îles Éparses), a dispersed group of islands around the coast of Madagascar.