Are you sure France only claims the full 200 nm EEZ around Kerguelen?
According to the French Overseas Department (see http://www.outre-
mer.gouv.fr/domtom/taaf/economie.htm ), they claim it throughout the
TAAF area. According to our well-known map at
http://www.maritimeboundaries.com/graphics/large_gmbd.jpg , same
story. And it would be very un-French not to claim something they
have every chance of getting - legally. Admittedly, this chance is
not very big in the case of the Terre Adelie, though.

Peter S.

--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., granthutchison@c... wrote:
> > beautifully done once again grant
> Ah but. Peter just wrote how as soon as he posts a question here,
he
> finds the answer for himself. Preserving the 12nm/200nm symmetry
> you've just delighted in, I find as soon as I post an answer, I
find
> something that calls it into question ...
>
> I was just checking around to see if perhaps the Prince Edwards or
> the Crozets had some especially extended EEZ to account for your
> impression that they merged into a single enclave at this level.
> Instead, I find that in its Southern and Antarctic Territories,
> France exercises its claim to a 200nm EEZ around Kerguelen only.
This
> collapses the enclaves around the Crozets and Amsterdam/St Paul to
> 12nm, fissioning both of them: Amsterdam and St Paul separate
> north/south into individual enclaves; the Crozets split east and
> west, with the western enclave consisting of Apotres, Cochons and
> Pingouins (Apostles, Pigs and Penguins - spot the odd one out!) and
> the eastern containing Possession and de l'Est.
> Further checking to make sure nothing like this was happening
> elsewhere reveals Bouvet also devoid of an EEZ, with territorial
> waters only to 4nm - therefore the smallest of the perforations in
> Everyone's Land.
>
> Grant