Adélie Land
Adélie Land (French: [Terre Adélie] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is France's claim in Antarctica, It stretches from the Great Southern Ocean inland all the way to the South Pole. It was named after Adèle Dumont d'Urville,[3] the wife of French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville.
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| Official languages | French |
| Government | |
| Emmanuel Macron | |
• Administrator | Cécile Pozzo di Borgo[1] |
• Head of District | François Grosvalet[2] |
| French overseas territory | |
• Coastline discovered | 1840 |
| Area | |
• Total | 432,000 km2 (167,000 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Estimate | around 33 (winter) < 80 (summer) |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) |
| Time zone | UTC+10 |
| Calling code | +262 262 00 2 |
| Internet TLD | .tf |
Adélie Land Media
National anthem of France, La Marseillaise
Colony of Adelie Penguin taken near the French Dumont d'Urville Station on Adélie Land, Antarctica.
