French Southern and Antarctic Lands Economic Statistics and Indicators

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Economic Indicators For: French Southern and Antarctic Lands › Change country
National or Regional Currency: Euro, EUR
Year of data: 2015 › Change year
Number of Indicators Listed:
Full Dataset: From Year 1980 to 2019
Date of Last Update: 17th March 2015
Population: no indigenous inhabitants ; Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): has no permanent residents but has a meteorological station Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): is uninhabited but is frequently visited by fishermen and has a scientific research cabin for short stays Iles Crozet: are uninhabited except for 18 to 30 people staffing the Alfred Faure research station on Ile del la Possession Iles Kerguelen: 50 to 100 scientists are located at the main base at Port-aux-Francais on Ile Kerguelen Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): uninhabitable Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists on each possession; visited by scientists Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): uninhabited, except for visits by scientists
Area: Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): total - 55 sq km; land - 55 sq km; water - 0 sq km ; Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): total - 7 sq km; land - 7 sq km; water - 0 sq km ; Iles Crozet: total - 352 sq km; land - 352 sq km; water - 0 sq km ; Iles Kerguelen: total - 7,215 sq km; land - 7,215 sq km; water - 0 sq km ; Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): total - 80 sq km; land - 0.2 sq km; water - 79.8 sq km (lagoon) ; Europa Island (Iles Eparses): total - 28 sq km; land - 28 sq km; water - 0 sq km ; Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses): total - 5 sq km; land - 5 sq km; water - 0 sq km ; Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): total - 4.4 sq km; land - 4.4 sq km; water - 0 sq km ; Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): total - 1 sq km; land - 1 sq km; water - 0 sq km ; note: excludes "Adelie Land" claim of about 500,000 sq km in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US
Natural Resources: fish, crayfish ; note: Glorioso Islands and Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses) have guano, phosphates, and coconuts

Economic activity is limited to servicing meteorological and geophysical research stations, military bases, and French and other fishing fleets. The fish catches landed on Iles Kerguelen by foreign ships are exported to France and Reunion.

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