Toponymy, Taxonomy and Place
Journal: Shima
Year: 2016

This article discusses the concepts of and differences between the French terms presqu'le (almost island) and pninsule (peninsula) and their toponymic uses. The discussion raises a number of questions including how and why particular places are named presqu'le or pninsule. We will first focus on examples located in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and then in mainland France. These two case study areas are complementary. The first example, the Kerguelen Islands in the Southern Indian Ocea