Île Amsterdam
Île Amsterdam (French pronunciation: [ilamstɛʁˈdam], kent as Amsterdam Island, New Amsterdam, or Nouvelle Amsterdam an aa, is an isle cried efter the ship Nieuw Amsterdam, in turn cried efter the Dutch settlement o New Amsterdam that later became New York Ceety in the Unitit States. It lies in the soothren Indian Ocean. It is pairt o the French Soothren an Antairctic Launds an, thegither wi neighbourin Île Saint-Paul 85 km (53 mi) tae the sooth, forms ane o the five destricts o the territory. The Martin-de-Viviès resairch station, first cried Camp Heurtin an then La Roche Godon, is the anly settlement on the isle an is hame tae aboot thirty non-permanent indwallers involved in biological, meteorological an geomagnetic studies.
Amsterdam Island (New Amsterdam) Île Amsterdam | |
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Motto: "Liberté, égalité, fraternité" | |
 Orthographic projection centred ower Île Amsterdam. |
| Nickname: Nouvelle Amsterdam | |
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  Île Amsterdam | |
| Geografie | |
| Coordinates | 37°49′33″S 77°33′17″E / 37.82583°S 77.55472°E |
| Aurie | 55 km2 (21 sq mi) |
| Lenth | 10 km (6 mi) |
| Weenth | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
| Heichest elevation | 867 m (2,844 ft) |
| Heichest point | Mont de la Dives |
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| Demografics | |
| Population | 25 |
Coordinates: 37°49′33″S 77°33′17″E / 37.82583°S 77.55472°E