Adélie Land
Adélie Land (French: Terre Adélie) 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.
Adélie Land Terre Adélie | |
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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 | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
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.