Turning the map, many remote islands are scattered alone in the vast ocean, or they are huddled in a corner of a small box, becoming a footnote to the land, or have no specific location information, have no connection with the land, and sometimes even dispensable and are omitted, as if they never existed. Amsterdam Island is one such island, as part of the French Southern and Antarctic Territory, it does not have the huge area of Kelguelan Island, nor the huge king penguin colony on the Croze Islands, but Amsterdam Island is one of the few sub-Antarctic islands covered with trees.
Amsterdam Island is a volcanic island in the middle of Africa and Australia, and one of the few sub-Antarctic islands with a tree cover.
A volcanic island in the middle of Africa and Australia
Amsterdam Island is located in the Southern Indian Ocean, 37° 49 ′ 33 " S, 77 ° 33 ′ 17 " E, about 4300 km from the African continent, 3400 km from Australia, and like its south side of St Paul's Island, it belongs to the volcanic island, with an oval silhouette, an area of 55 square kilometers, and a maximum of 21 km. The highest point on the island is the 867-metre-high volcanic Cone Divis, which last erupted in 1792 and is now dormant and inactive.
The island of Amsterdam is oval in shape, with an area of 55 square kilometers and a maximum of 21 kilometers, and the highest point on the island is the volcanic Cone Divis Mountain at an altitude of 867 meters.
As a volcanic island, the central area of Amsterdam Island is higher, about 500 meters above sea level, known as the Boggs Plateau, and the coastline in the western part of the island is cliffs, with an altitude of 700 meters. Climate, Amsterdam Island is a temperate oceanic climate, continuous westerly winds throughout the year, warm and rainy, humid and windy, the average annual temperature of 13 °C, the average annual precipitation of 1100 mm, even the coldest June, the average temperature is 10 °C, the hottest January average temperature of 15 °C, compared to the bitter cold Kelgailão Island, here can be described as a treasure of seclusion.
The central area of Amsterdam Island is higher, about 500 meters above sea level, known as the Bogers Plateau, and the coastline in the western part of the island is cliffs, at an altitude of 700 meters.
The coastline in the western part of Amsterdam Island is cliffs, at an altitude of 700 meters.
The coastline in the western part of Amsterdam Island is cliffs, at an altitude of 700 meters.
In addition, the low part of Amsterdam Island is covered with a dwarf forest called Phyllica catalpa tree, and 8 woodlands still exist today, which is one of the few sub-Antarctic islands with trees covered. Moreover, the Boggs Plateau on Amsterdam Island is also a breeding ground for Amsterdam albatrosses, a unique seabird on the island, as well as large skuas, Antarctic terns and west-crowned penguins, which are certified by BirdLife International as a breeding ground for key bird areas.
Amsterdam Island's Boggs Plateau is also home to the breeding grounds of Amsterdam albatrosses, the island's endemic seabirds
St. Paul's Island, 85 km south of Amsterdam Island, is often considered a subsidiary island of Amsterdam Island.
St. Paul's Island, 85 km south of Amsterdam Island, is often considered a subsidiary island of Amsterdam Island. St. Paul's Island is 5 km long and covers an area of 7 km², and the highest point, Mount Novara, is 264 meters above sea level, which is an ancient volcanic front end, and there is a large central collapsed extinct crater in the middle of the island. The island is home to fur seals, crested penguins (also known as rock-jumping penguins) and a variety of seabirds.
St. Paul's Island is an ancient volcanic front end with a large central collapsed extinct crater in the middle of the island.
St. Paul's Island is home to fur seals, crested penguins (also known as rock-jumping penguins) and a variety of seabirds.
The "boy country" in the french south and Antarctic territories
The islands of Amsterdam and St. Paul, now part of France's southern and Antarctic territories, are one of France's overseas territories with administrative and financial autonomy. The central city is Martin-de-Viviès (Martin de Vivière, commonly known as Martin Village) in the northeast of the island, and in fact the only people stationed on the island are the scientific investigators of the French meteorological station and the Geographical Institute on the island of Amsterdam, with about 20 people. The Chief Executive's seat is in Saint-Pierre, Réunion, French.
The central city of the island is Martin-de-Viviès (Martin de Vivière, commonly known as Martin Village) in the northeast of Amsterdam Island.
The only people stationed on Amsterdam Island are the scientific expeditions from the French Meteorological Station and the Institute of Geography on Amsterdam Island, numbering about 20 people.
In fact, simply looking at the name of Amsterdam Island, it is easy to think that the island is an overseas territory of the Netherlands, and indeed Amsterdam itself is the name of the Dutch capital. In fact, amsterdam island was named after the Dutch explorer Anthony van Diemen in 1633 after his ship, amsterdam, but as the "coachman of the sea" was defeated by the rising British and French, the Frenchman Martin Dupellat commanded the "Olymp" to land on the island in 1843, claiming that it included São Paulo Island. It officially became a French colony in 1893.
In 1949, France established the Research and Administration Station of Camp Ortan on the island of Amsterdam, which is now martin village. In 1955, France officially included the islands of Amsterdam and St. Paul into the french southern and Antarctic territories. Despite the pleasant natural environment of the island, France does not allow anyone to settle here, women stay here for no more than two days, Martin village is also for the weather station and geographical research institute, there are doctors, scientific examiners, professional soldiers, but no one married, no baby was born, is an isolated male environment, once spent eight years to obtain permission to land on the island.
In addition, in 2014, Australian satellites found objects from the Suspected Malaysia Airlines 370 passenger plane on March 8, about 1,300 kilometres southeast of the island, about 120 kilometres southwest of the suspected crash site.
In 2014, Australian satellites found objects on March 8 suspected of being missing Malaysia Airlines 370 about 1,300 kilometers southeast of the island.
Recently, many unknown Indian Ocean islands have been introduced, whether it is the Australian Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Heard Island and Macdonald Islands, or the French Kelgalang Islands and the Croze Islands, which are the result of the Western countries sailing the world and occupying the world in the era of great navigation. For Western adventurers looking for the ultimate paradise for mankind, there is nothing more than the ultimate imagination of loneliness, freedom, and liberation at the end of the world, surrounded by water and isolated islands.
The air currents pass through Amsterdam Island, and the pattern of clouds is constantly intertwined, forming a wave cloud that resembles the waves behind the ship. Image taken by the Saturn satellite in 2005.
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