Talk:Kerguelen Islands

message: Image:Iles_kerguelen2.png and Image:Kerguelen_Map2.png seep to be somewhat duplicative; is it necessary to include both? AnonMoos 17:21, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Extra map?

message: Sorry, but these places are not former settlements but only sheltered places where ships may anchor. The source  is not so reliable and however gives information cautiously (“other settlements on the Kerguelen Archipelago may have been vanished: Port Decaen, Port St. Louis”). Right information from  : DELEPINE Gracie (1973). - Toponymie des terres australes. Comm. territoriale de toponymie, h.s. revue TAAF, Paris
Channer 14:26, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Port Decaen and Port St Louis 

message: The article says Cook visited Kerguelen in (Christmas Day) 1797, but he died in 1779.  Reading the Cook article I don't know when he actually visited but earlier in this article it also says 1776, which makes sense with his voyage paths.  I'll change it but somebody can change again if its wrong. Rahulchandra 05:09, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In this source "James Cook visited the islands in December 1776. Landing in the bay he called Christmas Harbour, he named the complex the Isles of Desolation. " No ghost required. 49.180.159.136 (talk) 23:51, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cook died before he visited? 

message: I think the auxiliary cruiser Penguin also visited the island  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.137.119.113 (talk) 23:44, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Visits by german raiders 

message: Why no IPA for the other French words be sides "Kerguelen".  I'd do it, but my French is terrible.
Leodmacleod (talk) 17:55, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: IPA

message: what about some information on the climate of the island? i find myself very curious about this, does it snow? or might it be similar to iceland's climate?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Zagahock (talk • contribs) 03:21, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: icelandic climate, with stronger winds --Channer (talk) 09:36, 19 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Climate

message: Any reason they're listed as the French Southern & Antarctic Lands in Google Maps? DannyBoy20802 (talk) 04:53, 16 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Google?

message: This article is a FA in Magyar wiki and a GA in German wiki maybe that can help us. Spongie555 (talk) 03:18, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Help

message: I removed the Moby Dick reference to "the Isle of Desolation, off Patagonia," as this more likely refers to Desolation Island (South Shetland Islands). Goustien (talk) 03:23, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: In popular culture

message: This article says that it's 242, but List of country calling codes says it has none. 71.203.66.120 (talk) 13:04, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: The article seems to say 262 (not 242).  A quick Google search indicates that '262' is correct, although one of the sites indicates that no code is officially assigned to the archipelago.  That said, the islands seem to be uninhabited except for one research base. So there may not be much of a telephone system beyond that base (and even less likelihood of anyone beyond it to pick up a ringing receiver...). Feline Hymnic (talk) 19:41, 17 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Country calling code? 

message: I've removed a set of additions, 7 edits from an anonymous IP. Although sources were cited, there are several problems with the material, including (1) the fact that the fish stocks have been measured does not mean that a large fishery exists (2) the history of the Gondwanan supercontinent doesn't belong in the Economy section (3) a discussion of continental shelves (what they are, conventions governing them, general statments such as "Most commercial exploitation from the sea, such as metallic-ore, non-metallic ore, and hydrocarbon extraction, takes place on the continental shelf." that are not specific to the Kerguelens) doesn't belong here, that belongs on pages having to do with continental shelves. Nadiatalent (talk) 12:10, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Additions removed

message: Under LOCALITIES in this article I read 'It is understood the islands have received the attention of the French military.' Whatever can that mean? Would it be possible to have it written in slightly-clearer English?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.25.168.186 (talk) 19:10, 7 August 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  What can that mean? 

message: (Moved here from my talk page) --Guy Macon (talk) 19:12, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you missing that the subject has no clear ties to either UK or USA? Jeh (talk) 12:04, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: See MOS:RETAIN 
 WCMemail 12:32, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Where is the "predominantly British spelling" prior to the IP's change to "centre"? I ran it through a spell checker set to look for US - American English, and it found no errors. Didn't find any when set to "UK - British" mode either. So I don't see it as "predominantly" either. Therefore the IP's change to "centre" had no justification in ENGVAR, and per RETAIN it should have been left alone. Jeh (talk) 12:52, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  "ise" v "ize" for example, "ise" being the current British English form, though both are acceptable.  Ironically, the US use of "ize" actually being correct in old English, it was something to do with printing presses as I recall. WCMemail 13:03, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

text: OK , the OED actually states both forms are acceptable and as I pointed out the US spelling is in fact the correct and original one.  Hence, I asked, however, most Brits use "ise" these days.  Thanks for the explanation.  WCMemail 06:50, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[MOS:RETAIN]] 

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message: Agricultural activities were limited until 2007 to raising sheep (about 3,500 Bizet sheep – a breed of sheep that is rare in mainland France) on Longue Island for consumption by the occupants of the base, as well as small quantities of vegetables in a greenhouse within the immediate vicinity of the main French base.
Why does the article say "until 2007" and what happened after that? --XndrK (talk | contribs) 19:22, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Just remove this and all other unsourced claims with an edit summary of "Removing unsourced claim per WP:V." If someone wants to put it back, they will have to find a source. Then we can check the source to verify the "2007" part, removing it with a "Not in source provided" edit summary if it isn't there. --Guy Macon (talk) 16:45, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  What happened to Kerguelen's ag sector after 2007? 

message: "Due to the island's southern latitude, it experiences a couple of weeks from December to early January in which there is no true night, only astronomical twilight (sun illumination is barely distinguishable at nighttime) ."
I don't think this can be true. Kerguelen is quite far north of the southern polar circle. It's lattitude is comparable with Northern France, but then on the Southern hemisphere. Even where I live (52 degrees North), we experience true nights throughout the whole of summer, so how could it be that at barely 50 degrees south one would experience only astronomical twilight around midsummer? KKoolstra (talk) 19:33, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I think the statement is correct. See the sun chart for Amiens (a randomly selected location at about 49° north) on Weather Spark: there are a couple weeks with astronomical twilight but no full night. I'm guessing that, mathematically, the highest minimum daily height of the sun above the horizon can be worked out as follows: the axial tilt of the earth is about 23.44°, the latitude is about 49°; adding those you get 72.44°; subtract that from 90° and you get 17.56°, which is more than 18° degrees and hence in the realm of astronomical twilight. Geometrically, consider that at the Arctic and Antarctic circles (66.56° from the Equator) the sun reaches the horizon (0°) at its lowest point on the summer solstice; 49° is 17.56° away from that. — Eru·tuon 20:13, 12 September 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I see you are right, I didn't realize that astronomical twilight is a phenomenon that extents far beyond the polar circle. KKoolstra (talk) 13:45, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Astronomical twilight

message: The current page reads that "In 1800, Hillsborough spent eight months sealing and whaling around the islands."
I just read in the Gray Report on Whaling (originally published 1874, reproduced in a biography on C.A. Larsen's published by the Fram Museum, 2016) that captain Rhodes on S/V Hillsborough visited Kerguelen in 1799, not 1800.
The information in the Gray Report is probably taken from (because similar to the information provided in) capt. J. Cook's acccount and seems to be confirmed by this short narrative on Rhodes life.
I do not have access to the book from which the year 1800 is taken. But I believe 1799 seems to be correct. Anyone?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by LEXsample (talk • contribs) 08:32, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  1799 or 1800 for visit Captain Robert Rhodes (S/V 'Hillsborough') ? 

message: Found under Climate.  The title of a chart.
I would change the wording if I could.  Kerguelen is not in France, so it can't be compared with "other cities in France".  I would just remove the word "other" from the chart. 173.53.106.234 (talk) 13:38, 27 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comparing the climate to "other cities in France"