Port-aux-Français

Port-aux-Français is the main settlement of the , and of the , in the south Indian Ocean.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 100 residents
  • Description: research station in Kerguelen, French Southern and Antarctic Territories
  • Also known as: “Port aux Francais”, “Port aux Français”, “Port aux-Francais”, “Port aux-Français”, “Port-aux-Francais”, “Porto dos Franceses”, “Puerto de los Franceses”, and “Порт-о-Франс”
  • Address: Îles Kerguelen

Places of Interest

Highlights: Notre-Dame des Vents.

Church
Photo: 0x010C, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Roman Catholic church…

Port-aux-Français

Latitude
-49.34976° or 49° 20′ 59″ south
Longitude
70.21996° or 70° 13′ 12″ east
Population
100
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
UN/LOCODE
TF PFR
Open location code
4J2GM629+3X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 416710537
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1546102
Wiki­data ID
Q839559
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Port-aux-Français” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Amharic: “ፖርት-ኦህ-ፍሮንሴይ”
  • Arabic: “بورت أو فرانسيه”
  • Asturian: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Breton: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Catalan: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Chinese: “法兰西港”
  • Chinese: “法蘭西港”
  • Czech: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Dutch: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Finnish: “Port-aux-Français”
  • French: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Georgian: “პორტ-ო-ფრანსე”
  • German: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Haitian: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Hebrew: “פורט-או-פרנסה”
  • Hungarian: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Indonesian: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Irish: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Italian: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Japanese: “ポルトーフランセ”
  • Korean: “포르토프랑세”
  • Korean: “포르토프랑셰”
  • Latvian: “Portofransē”
  • Lithuanian: “Port o Fransė”
  • Macedonian: “Порт о Франсе”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Ossetian: “Порт-о-Франсэ”
  • Polish: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Portuguese: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Russian: “Порт-о-Франсе”
  • Russian: “Порт-о-Франсэ”
  • Spanish: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Swedish: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Thai: “ปอโรฟร็องแซ”
  • Turkish: “Port-aux-Français”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт-о-Франсе”
  • Urdu: “پورٹ-او-فرانسے”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Port-aux-Français”
  • “Port-aux-Français”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Pointe de la Baignade and Pointe des Cormorans.

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