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Île Altazin

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Île Altazin
Île Altazin. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Île Altazin is one of the Kerguelen Islands near the coast of Grande Terre, the principal island.

It lies in the Swains Bay between the south-eastern part of the Gallieni Peninsula and the west coast of the Joan of Arc Peninsula, around 1 km NW of the Gaby Island.

The highest point of the island is an unnamed hill that reaches the elevation of 292 m above the sea level.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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