The archipelago of the Kerguelen islands is located to 49º 20 ' the South and 70º20' This, in the middle of way between Africa, Antarctica and Australia. These French islands are to more than 13,000 kilometers of France in the heat of the Indian Ocean. Its main island has about 120 kilometers by 140 km with an important extension of about 6,675 square kilometers. Around this island islitas and small barren islands exist other 300, reefs and rocks arising.

The coast is formed by interesting fiords with frozen interiors. The highest part is the Ross mountain that reaches the 1,850 meters of altitude in the South part of the island. The climate is quite extreme and little tempting as it could not be expected of these latitudes, with snows and rains most of the year. The winds are continuous, strong, and sometimes wild since they are clearing the furious zone of 'South 50º ". 

It is not rare to be with winds of 150 kilometers per hour and sometimes spurts to 200 kilometers per hour are registered! So that it is not a suitable site to become a small house…

They kerguelen them are on one of the convergence zone of the oceans Antarctic, where the cold currents of the Antarctic are with the temperate water of the Indian Ocean. But riquísima exists one life, with abundant marine and mammalian birds.

The normal state of the sea offers waves among 12 and 15 meters although at least free of floating icebergs and icebergs… Better we are going away to sail by the Balearics no?