Île de l'Est, or East Island, is a part of the subantarctic archipelago of the Crozet Islands. With an area of 130 km2 (50 sq mi) it is the second largest island of the group. It is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
The island is the easternmost of the archipelago, lying about 20 km east of Île de la Possession (Possession Island). The landscape is mainly bare rock; it is the most mountainous in the archipelago, with a high point of 1090 m, and a rugged coastline of high cliffs. It is dissected by several steep-sided valleys of glacial origin. The only introduced animals are rabbits. There is no human infrastructure; it is only occasionally visited by researchers.[1]
Île, east, island, part, subantarctic, archipelago, crozet, islands, with, area, second, largest, island, group, part, french, southern, antarctic, lands, islandgeographycoordinates46, 43000, 20750, 43000, 20750archipelagocrozet, islandsarea130, length18, widt. Ile de l Est or East Island is a part of the subantarctic archipelago of the Crozet Islands With an area of 130 km2 50 sq mi it is the second largest island of the group It is part of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands Ile de l EstMap of the islandGeographyCoordinates46 25 48 S 52 12 27 E 46 43000 S 52 20750 E 46 43000 52 20750ArchipelagoCrozet IslandsArea130 km2 50 sq mi Length18 km 11 2 mi Width8 km 5 mi Highest elevation1 090 m 3580 ft Highest pointMont Marion DufresneAdministrationFranceDemographicsPopulation0View of East Island background from king penguin colony on Possession Island with the ship Marion Dufresne Contents 1 Description 2 Important Bird Area 3 See also 4 ReferencesDescription editThe island is the easternmost of the archipelago lying about 20 km east of Ile de la Possession Possession Island The landscape is mainly bare rock it is the most mountainous in the archipelago with a high point of 1090 m and a rugged coastline of high cliffs It is dissected by several steep sided valleys of glacial origin The only introduced animals are rabbits There is no human infrastructure it is only occasionally visited by researchers 1 Important Bird Area editThe island has been identified as an Important Bird Area IBA by BirdLife International as a breeding site for seabirds Key species include king gentoo macaroni and northern rockhopper penguins wandering grey headed light mantled sooty and black browed albatrosses both northern and southern giant petrels medium billed and fairy prions great winged soft plumaged white chinned grey blue and Kerguelen petrels Wilson s grey backed and black bellied storm petrels common and South Georgia diving petrels Crozet blue eyed shags brown skuas and Kerguelen terns Eaton s pintails are present The island is also the site of the largest breeding population of southern elephant seals in the archipelago 1 See also editList of Antarctic islands north of 60 SReferences edit a b BirdLife International 2012 Important Bird Areas factsheet Ile de l Est Downloaded from http www birdlife org on 2012 01 09 nbsp This French Southern Territories location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ile de l 27Est amp oldid 1071248427, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
