Showing posts with label TAAF. Show all posts
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Friday, May 6, 2011

An amazing cover from TAAF ...














































The French Southern and Antarctic Lands (French: Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, abbreviated TAAF), consist of:

1. a group of volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean, southeast of Africa, approximately equidistant between Africa, Antarctica and Australia;
2. Adélie Land, the French claim on the Antarctica continent;
3. the Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean.

The territory has no permanent population; the population consists of military personnel, civilian officials, scientific researchers and support staff. Some of the territory's exclusive economic zone is of great importance for fishing.