Cabane de Port-Raymond
The place
Cabane de Port-Raymond in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF), Rallier du Baty peninsula sector (southern Kerguelen archipelago, southern Indian Ocean, France), at 13 m altitude, subantarctic coastline. Continuous TAAF Kerguelen cluster (batches 320-367). COUNTRY ANOMALY: TAAF not separated in the country table, attribution to France consistent with TAAF's administrative status as an overseas territory, 5th district, collectivity, 55 million ha EEZ. Naturalist refuge cabin in TAAF Kerguelen (Kerguelen, "Desolation Islands", 7215 km², discovered by Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen on 12 February 1772, 500 plant species, Kerguelen cabbage Pringlea antiscorbutica, scurvy-preventing + Rallier du Baty 1908 mapping expedition, naturalist François Bossière + Kerguelen storms, winds averaging ~150 km/h over 24h, iconic latitudes of the "roaring forties" and "furious fifties" + IPEV Port-aux-Français scientific base, 45-100 winter staff + heritage of Kerguelen whaling 1780-1913, the end of an era, Balaenoptera physalus, 250,000 killed in the Antarctic during the period of industrial commercial whaling by the Compagnie Française des Pêches Australes).
The setting
TAAF, Rallier du Baty peninsula, southern Kerguelen, southern Indian Ocean, France, 13 m, subantarctic coastline, continuous cluster batches 320-367, naturalist refuge cabin, TAAF Kerguelen, 7215 km², Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen, 12 Feb 1772, "Desolation Islands", 500 plant species, Kerguelen cabbage Pringlea antiscorbutica + Rallier du Baty 1908 mapping, naturalist François Bossière + storms ~150 km/h, roaring forties/furious fifties + IPEV Port-aux-Français, 45-100 winter staff, whaling 1780-1913, end of an era, Balaenoptera physalus, 250,000 in Antarctic, whaling by Compagnie Française des Pêches Australes, ANOMALY TAAF missing → attributed to France under TAAF's overseas-territory administrative status, 5th district.
