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Kerguelen

/ ˈkɜːɡɪlɪn /

noun

  1. an archipelago in the S Indian Ocean: consists of one large volcanic island (Kerguelen or Desolation Island) and 300 small islands; part of the French Southern and Antarctic Territories


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Talked just as though they were on the Kerguelen beach hunting for a cave.

Across Kerguelen those words are written to be read by the soul of man.

Upon reaching the Cape, Kerguelen was obliged to put in for forty days.

Kerguelen had cleared its face of clouds and the new risen sun was on sea and mountains and land.

The whole of Kerguelen seemed to burst like a bomb-shell with a blaze of light shewing islands and sea.

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