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  2. Adélie Land - Wikipedia

    • Adélie Land or Adélie Coast is a claimed territory of France located on the continent of Antarctica. It stretches from a portion of the Southern Ocean coastline all the way inland to the South Pole. France has administered it as one of five districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands since 1955 and applied the Antarctic Treaty System rules since 1… See more

    History

    The coast of Adélie Land was discovered in January 1840 by the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790–1842) who named it after his wife, Adèle. This is the basis of the French claim to this Antarctic land. The first French res… See more

    Capital and largest cityDumont d'Urville Station
    Official languagesFrench
    Demonym(s)French
    Map of Terre Adelie
    Research stations

    The site of Port Martin was discovered during a French Antarctic Expedition under André-Frank Liotard on 18 January 1950. Liotard, along with 11 men, established the station on 9 April 1950 at 66°49′04″S 141°23′39″… See more

    Wildlife

    Part of the Pointe Géologie Archipelago in Adélie Land is protected by the Antarctic Specially Protected Area 120. In 2016, a study predicted that an Adélie penguin colony located in Cape Dennison in Commonw… See more

     
  1. Terre Adélie — Wikipédia

  2. French Southern and Antarctic Lands - Wikipedia

    The territory includes the Crozet Islands, the Kerguelen Islands, and the Saint Paul and Amsterdam Islands in the southern Indian Ocean near 43°S, 67°E, …

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    • Adélie Coast | Antarctic Peninsula, Wildlife, Glaciers | Britannica

    • French Colonies - Adelie Coast, Terre Adelie - Discover France

    • La Terre-Adélie Map - French Southern and Antarctic Lands

    • La station Dumont d’Urville - Institut Polaire

      La station Dumont d’Urville est la station historique française située sur la côte de la terre Adélie, un territoire administré par les Terres australes et antarctiques françaises. Elle accueille des recherches scientifiques sur la biodiversité, …

    • Terre Adélie – Britlink

    • Adélie Land - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader

    • Adélie penguin - Wikipedia

      The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is the only place where it is found. It is the most widespread penguin species, and, along with the emperor …