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Coined by British Navy officer James Cook in 1776. Named after French Navy officer Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734–1797), who discovered the islands in 1772.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kerguelen Islands
Today it means: An archipelago in the Antarctic, south of the Indian Ocean in the Southern Ocean. Full definition →