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science center, Kerguelen Islands
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Port-aux-Français is a scientific research base located on Kerguelen Island, part of the Kerguelen Islands archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean. This archipelago is an overseas territory of France, known as the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.12

Discovered by French navigator Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec and later explored by Captain James Cook, the islands were historically visited by whalers and seal hunters. In 1950, a permanent base and scientific center, Port-aux-Français, was established on the main island. French scientists utilize weather and research stations on these islands.12

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  2. French Southern and Antarctic Territories
  3. Kerguelen Islands
  4. Francien dialect

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