Kerguelen is a microcontinent in the southern Indian Ocean, 3,000 km southwest of Australia and not far from Antarctica. It extends for more than 2,200 km in a northwest-southeast direction. Kerguelen was formed 100 million years ago by the Kerguelen hotspot. It is the seventh most populous of the worlds continents, placing it between Zealandia (New Zealand) and Antarctica. Kerguelen has 2 fully recognized sovereign states, the Republic of Kerguelen and the United Towns of Kerguelen, and 1 territory, French Kerguelen (France).
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| - Kerguelen is a microcontinent in the southern Indian Ocean, 3,000 km southwest of Australia and not far from Antarctica. It extends for more than 2,200 km in a northwest-southeast direction. Kerguelen was formed 100 million years ago by the Kerguelen hotspot. It is the seventh most populous of the worlds continents, placing it between Zealandia (New Zealand) and Antarctica. Kerguelen has 2 fully recognized sovereign states, the Republic of Kerguelen and the United Towns of Kerguelen, and 1 territory, French Kerguelen (France).
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| - Kerguelen is a microcontinent in the southern Indian Ocean, 3,000 km southwest of Australia and not far from Antarctica. It extends for more than 2,200 km in a northwest-southeast direction. Kerguelen was formed 100 million years ago by the Kerguelen hotspot. It is the seventh most populous of the worlds continents, placing it between Zealandia (New Zealand) and Antarctica. Kerguelen has 2 fully recognized sovereign states, the Republic of Kerguelen and the United Towns of Kerguelen, and 1 territory, French Kerguelen (France).
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