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AXE ILES KERGUELEN-GAUSSBERG [1 record]

Record 1 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plate Tectonics
DEF

Belt of mountains under Indian Ocean between India and Antarctica.

CONT

Also known as Desolation Island, Kerguelen Island ... is the largest of a collection of small islands, islets and reefs in the southern Indian Ocean ... The islands lie in the northern end of the Kerguelen-Gaussberg ridge ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique des plaques
CONT

L'axe des îles Kerguelen-Gaussberg [...] relie l'Inde à l'Antarctique avec une branche vers Madagascar.

Spanish

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