Île Saint-Paul
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- Not to be confused with Saint Paul Island, Alaska or St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia.
Île Saint-Paul (St. Paul Island) is a very small island forming part of the French Southern Territories in the Indian Ocean. It is about 85 kilometres (53 miles) south of the larger Île Amsterdam, located at . It is a rocky and uninhabited island measuring no more than five km (three miles) at its greatest width and is completely devoid of trees.
A scientific research cabin on the island is used for scientific or ecological short campaigns, but there is no permanent population.
Further it's expected a huge treasure of Jewish gold and diamonds hidden by German Naval officers of the ship Atlantis during WWII in the near of the entry to the bassin. This treasure is not found until today because the exact position is unclear and also because the French authorities do not grant a licence of excavation.
Île Saint-Paul is one of three islands which is an antipode of the United States. It correspondes to a patch of land outside of Kit Carson, Colorado. The other two antipodes are Île Amsterdam and Kerguelen Island.
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- Administrative divisions of France
- French overseas departments and territories
- Islands controlled by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans
- Sub-antarctic islands
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- Pictures of Île Saint-Paul
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