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Capital: Port-aux-Français (Kerguelen); administered from Saint-Pierre, RéunionPopulation: No permanent residents , ~150 (winter) to ~310 (summer) rotating scientific, military, and support staffFounded: 1955 (established as a distinct French overseas territory)Region: OceaniaLanguages: enCurrency: Euro (EUR)

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Notable people from French Southern Territories

Explorer and Royal Navy Captain

He discovered, circumnavigated, and formally claimed South Georgia for Britain in January 1775, naming both South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

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Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec

Naval Officer and Explorer

He discovered and named the Kerguelen Islands, the largest district of the French Southern Territories, though his exaggerated reports led to his own court-martial.

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Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne

Naval Officer and Explorer

His 1772 expedition discovered the Crozet Islands, one of the five districts of the present-day French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

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Jules Dumont d'Urville

Naval Officer and Explorer

He discovered and named Adélie Land, the Antarctic territory administered today as part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

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Jean-Baptiste Charcot

Physician, Oceanographer and Polar Explorer

He led France's first two Antarctic scientific expeditions, laying the groundwork for French polar research in the region.

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Paul-Émile Victor

Polar Explorer, Ethnologist and Scientist

He founded and directed the French Polar Expeditions organization that built the scientific stations still operating across the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.

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