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    Île aux Cochons, or Pig Island, is an uninhabited island in the subantarctic Crozet Archipelago. With an area of 67 km2 (26 sq mi) it is the third largest...
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    Moines Île Plate Île aux Rats Rouzic Le Taureau Île Tomé Île Verdelet Île de Batz Île Callot Île Carn Île Garo Glénan islands Île Saint-Nicolas Île Guenioc...
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    In 1887, the French Tamaris was wrecked and her crew stranded on Île des Cochons. They tied a note to the leg of an albatross, which was found seven...
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    the archipelago: Île du Havre Aubert, Île du Cap aux Meules, Île du Havre aux Maisons, Île aux Loups, Grosse Île, Île de l'Est and Île de la Grande-Entrée...
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    2 mi) north of Île aux Cochons. Their total area is about 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi). There are two larger islands (Île Grande - Big Island, and Île Petite - Little...
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    was settled by French colonists in the 18th century, who named it Île aux Cochons (Hog Island). They allowed their livestock free range on the island...
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    seabirds. Île des Pingouins lies at the western edge of the archipelago, of which it is the southernmost island, about 30 km southeast of Île aux Cochons (Pig...
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    and New Zealand. One of the largest known King penguin colonies, on Île aux Cochons in the Crozet Islands, is thought to have experienced a massive drop...
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    Wake patterns in cloud cover over Possession Island, East Island, Ile aux Cochons, Île des Pingouins...
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  • Island)) Crozet Islands (French: Îles Crozet or officially Archipel Crozet) (France) L'Occidental (Western Group) Île aux Cochons (Pig Island) (46°06′S 50°14′E...
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