Ile Howe
| Ile Howe | ||
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Kerguelen | |
| Geographical location | 48 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 69 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 8 kilometers | |
| surface | 51 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Mont des Moutons 245 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Île Howe is the third largest island in the French Kerguelen Archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean . It was discovered in 1772. The island is of volcanic origin and is uninhabited.
geography
Île Howe has a length of 8 km and an area of 51 km². The highest point is the Mont des Moutons with 245 m above sea level.
Individual evidence
- ^ Roger Brunet : Tableau général de la France d'outre-mer . In: Mappemonde . No. 54 , 1999, Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF), p. 43 (French, online [PDF; 43 kB ; accessed on May 15, 2017]).
- ↑ Îles Kerguelen. Topographic map 1: 200,000. In: Géoportail. Institut national de l'information geographique et forestière (IGN), accessed on May 15, 2017 (French).