Kerguelen Islands

Credit: Credit: Jacques Descloitres; MODIS team; NASA, Posted on: Tuesday, 6 April 2004, 06:00 CDT Download full size image

Cook Glacier perches atop Kerguelen Island, the largest of the French and Souther Antarctic Islands, which lie 5,310 kilometers (~3300 miles) southeast of the Cape Agulhas in South Africa. Located in the southern Indian Ocean, the island is almost entirely uninhabited, save for a research station and as a base for seal-hunting and whaling. The island is home to wild hogs, dogs, seals, and rabbits.

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