Geography of Adélie Land
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Adélie Land Terre Adélie
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Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité"
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Anthem: La Marseillaise
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| Official languages | French |
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| François Hollande | |
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• Administrator
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Cécile Pozzo di Borgo |
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• Head of District
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François Grosvalet |
| French overseas territory | |
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• Coastline discovered
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1840 |
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• Total
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432,000 km2 (167,000 sq mi) |
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• Estimate
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c. 33 (winter) < 80 (summer) |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) |
| Time zone | (UTC+10) |
| Calling code | +262 262 00 2 |
| Internet TLD | .tf |
Adélie Land (French: Terre Adélie) is a claimed territory on the continent of Antarctica. It stretches from a coastline area along the Great Southern Ocean inland all the way to the South Pole. This territory is claimed by France as one of five districts of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, although most countries have not given this their diplomatic recognition.
Adélie Land lies between 136° E (near Pourquoi Pas Point at 66°12′S 136°11′E / 66.200°S 136.183°E) and 142° E (near Point Alden at 66°48′S 142°02′E / 66.800°S 142.033°E), with a shore length of about 350 kilometres (220 mi) and with its inland part extending as a sector of a circle about 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) toward the South Pole. Adélie Land has border with the Australian Antarctic Territory both on the east and on the west, namely on Clarie Land (part of Wilkes Land) in the west, and George V Land in the east. Its total land area, mostly covered with glaciers, is estimated to be 432,000 square kilometres (167,000 sq mi).
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