Le Paradis de Cochons
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The place
Le Paradis de Cochons ("Pig Paradise") in the Kerguelen archipelago (French Southern and Antarctic Lands, France), at 1 m altitude, Ronarc'h or Rallier du Baty peninsula. Continuous cluster TAAF Kerguelen (batches 242-290). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Kerguelen/TAAF missing from the database. Wintering cabin named in humorous memory of the feral pigs introduced by 19th-century whalers and exterminated in the 1960s to protect the sub-Antarctic ecosystem. Home to the Kerguelen cabbage (Pringlea antiscorbutica, endemic).
The setting
Kerguelen TAAF France 49°S 1 m Ronarc'h/Rallier du Baty, continuous cluster batches 242-290, feral pigs 19th-century whalers exterminated 1960s, Pringlea antiscorbutica endemic, ANOMALY TAAF missing.
