Atdtda[4]: 107.20 Amsterdam and St Paul (and a bit of Mason & Dixon)

[Michel]

from http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/amsterdam/amsterdam.html
*"Amsterdam and St Paul Islands* are located in the southernmost Indian 
Ocean at 37°50' South and 77°35' East, and are amongst the most isolated 
in the world. They are located more than 3,000 km from any continent, 
approximately halfway between South Africa and Australia. Both are 
volcanic island, rising from the fault separating the Indian Ocean from 
the Antarctic Ocean. Amsterdam is broadly oval in shape, measuring 8 km 
wide by 6 km across, with a maximum altitude of 881 m. [...]"

Surprise: 
http://www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/amsterdam/amsterdam_history_early.html
"From September 23, 1874 to 4 January 1875, a team of French astronomers 
observed the *Transit of Venus* on Saint Paul"

And also, on the same page:
"Captain Coffin and crewmen from the *Annie Battles* were rescued from 
Amsterdam Island after mutineers stranded them there in 1874."

"recently annexed by France": January 1893

Michel.


	

	
		
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