Military-note: defense is the responsibility of France
@French Polynesia:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: none
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FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS
(overseas territory of France)
@French Southern and Antarctic Lands:Geography
Location: south of Africa, islands in the southern Indian Ocean, about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia; note-French Southern and Antarctic Lands includes Ile Amsterdam, Ile Saint-Paul, Iles Crozet, and Iles Kerguelen in the southern Indian Ocean, along with the French-claimed sector of Antarctica, "Adelie Land"; the US does not recognize the French claim to "Adelie Land"
Geographic coordinates: 43 00 S, 67 00 E
Map references: Antarctic Region