I agree with Grant that the CIA World Factbook is generally reliable on
jurisdictional issues, but I too am puzzled as to why it states that the
French EEZ in its Southern and Antarctic Lands only applies to
Kerguelen. Certainly the 1978 decree establishing the zone in the
territory makes no specific mention of Kerguelen. I will make some
enquiries and will try to clarify the situation.

A useful resource for anyone interested in maritime claims is the US
Department of Defence's Maritime Claims Reference Manual at
http://web7.whs.osd.mil/html/20051m.htm, although note that it hasn't
been updated since 1997.

m a r t i n

> Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 17:53:09 -0000
> From: granthutchison@...
> Subject: Re: World 200nm EEZ survey
>
> > Are you sure France only claims the full 200 nm EEZ around

Kerguelen?

> Not at all - that's why I said "calls into question", not "makes it

wrong".

> The French site isn't entirely specific, but the default
> interpretation there must, as you say, be 200nm for the whole TAAF.
> The CIA on the other hand are very specific indeed:
> http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fs.html
> I've found the CIA Factbook to be entirely hopeless in some respects
> (highest points, for instance), but have usually found them helpful
> for things of international political significance. It's certainly an
> oddly specific piece of misinformation for a government organ to
> magic up out of the blue - at the very least, there's a story to it.
>
> Grant