Île Saint-Paul
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- There is also a Saint Paul Island, Alaska and St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia.
Île Saint-Paul, French for St. Paul Island, is a very small island in the French Southern Territories in the Indian Ocean, about 85 km (53 mi) south of its larger counterpart Île Amsterdam. Île Saint-Paul is located at . Île Saint-Paul is a rocky island measuring no more than 5 km (3 miles) in its largest length, is completely devoid of trees, and is uninhabited.
A cabin exists on the island ans id used for scientific or ecological short campaigns.
Île Saint-Paul is one of three islands which is an antipode of the United States. It correspondes to a patch of land outside of Kit Carson, Colorado. The other two antipodes are Île Amsterdam and Kerguelen Island.
See also
- French overseas departments and territories
- Administrative divisions of France
- Islands controlled by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans
- Sub-antarctic islands
Sources and external link
- [Île Saint-Paul] - nice pictures from a tourist's web page.
Overseas French departments and territories |
| Département d'outre-mer>Departments : Guadeloupe1 · French Guiana · Martinique · Réunion These overseas departments are also overseas regions. 1Guadeloupe currently includes Saint-Barthélemy and Saint Martin, who have voted to become separate collectivités d'outre-mer in 2003; the change will be implemented in early 2007. |
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Overseas community : Mayotte (collectivité départementale) · French Polynesia (pays d'outre-mer) · Saint-Pierre and Miquelon (collectivité territoriale) · Wallis and Futuna (territoire) Each overseas community has its own status. |
| Special status : New Caledonia |
| Uninhabited lands : French Southern Territories (Amsterdam Island, Saint-Paul Island, Crozet Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Adélie Land) · Clipperton · Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean |
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