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Kerguelen Islands

Located in the southern Indian Ocean roughly midway between Africa, Australia, and Antarctica, the Kerguelen Islands experience a fierce climate, with incessant, howling winds and rain or snow nearly every day. At a latitude of about 49 degrees South, the islands lie in the path of the “Furious Fifties,” a belt of westerly winds that whip around the Southern Hemisphere, mostly unimpeded by land.


NASA image courtesy the MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center

Published March 6, 2007
Data acquired February 15, 2007

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Terra > MODIS