{{Short description|Former natural arch in the Kerguelen Islands}} [[File:Arche des Kerguelen.jpg|thumb|Twin pillars of the collapsed Kerguelen Arch, 2008.]] The '''Kerguelen Arch''' is a former [[natural arch]] on the island of [[Grande-Terre (Kerguelen)|Grande Terre]] in the [[Kerguelen Islands]] of the [[French Southern and Antarctic Lands]], an archipelago in the southern [[Indian Ocean]]. Although the arch collapsed sometime between 1908 and 1913, the remaining pillars can be found on the [[littoral zone]] of the cape between [[Baie de l'Oiseau]] and [[Baie de la Dauphine]], north of the [[Loranchet Peninsula]]. It is one of the best-known structures of the area, and its twin pillars are depicted on numerous [[postage stamp]]s of the [[French Southern and Antarctic Lands|TAAF]]. [[File:Arche_des_Kerguelen_redux.jpg|thumb|[[Baie de l'Oiseau]] and the Kerguelen Arch (centre) during the ceremonies held on the [[French ship Eure (1886)|aviso ''Eure'']] (left) on 2 January 1893.]]
== In literature == [[Jean-Paul Kauffmann]] wrote a book about the search for the Kerguelen Arch and Port-Christmas after he returned from a three-year captivity during the [[Lebanon hostage crisis]].<ref>''L'Arche des Kerguelen, Voyage aux îles de la Désolation'', [[Jean-Paul Kauffmann]], [[Groupe Flammarion|éditions Flammarion]], 1992, {{ISBN|2-7103-2464-4}}.</ref>
The sixth volume of the comic ''Prométhée'', by Christophe Bec and [[Stefano Raffaele]], published in June 2012, depicts a Kerguelen Arch mysteriously found still standing in 2019, over a century after its collapse.
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Navbox Kerguelen Islands}} {{coord|-48.6913|69.0717|type:landmark_region:FR-TF|display=title}}
[[Category:Natural arches of France]] [[Category:Landforms of the Kerguelen Islands]] [[Category:Collapsed arches]]