Adélie Land (La Terre-Adélie)
Adélie Land lies between 136° E (near Pourquoi Pas Point at -66.2°N, 136.18333°W) and 142° E (near Point Alden at -66.8°N, 142.03333°W), with a shore length of about 350 km and with its inland part extending as a sector of a circle about 2,600 km toward the South Pole. Adélie Land has borders with the Australian Antarctic Territory both on the east and on the west, namely on Clarie Land (part of Wilkes Land) in the west, and George V Land in the east. Its total land area, mostly covered with glaciers, is estimated to be 432,000 sqkm.
Map - Adélie Land (La Terre-Adélie)
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Country - French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands
* 1) Adélie Land (Terre Adélie), the French claim on the continent of Antarctica.
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EUR | Euro | € | 2 |
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FR | French language |