Refuge

Phonolite

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The place

Phonolite (a cabin named after the alkaline volcanic rock phonolite) in the Kerguelen archipelago (French Southern and Antarctic Lands, France), at 52 m elevation. Continuous TAAF Kerguelen cluster (batches 242-277). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Kerguelen/TAAF missing. A wintering/observation cabin, in subantarctic tundra home to the endemic Kerguelen cabbage Pringlea antiscorbutica (UNESCO 2019).

The setting

Kerguelen archipelago, TAAF, France, 49°S, 52 m, continuous cluster batches 242-277, alkaline phonolite rock, Kerguelen cabbage Pringlea UNESCO 2019, ANOMALY TAAF missing.