KERGUELEN'S LAND

KERGUELEN'S LAND
   an island with rugged coasts, 85 m. long by 70 wide, of volcanic origin, in the Antarctic Ocean; so called after its discoverer in 1772, changed to Desolation Island in 1776 by Captain Cook; belongs to France.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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