# Kerguelen Arch > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kerguelen_Arch > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kerguelen_Arch.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerguelen_Arch > Source revision: 1310572550 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Former natural arch in the Kerguelen Islands Twin pillars of the collapsed Kerguelen Arch, 2008. The **Kerguelen Arch** is a former [natural arch](/source/Natural_arch) on the island of [Grande Terre](/source/Grande-Terre_(Kerguelen)) in the [Kerguelen Islands](/source/Kerguelen_Islands) of the [French Southern and Antarctic Lands](/source/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands), an archipelago in the southern [Indian Ocean](/source/Indian_Ocean). Although the arch collapsed sometime between 1908 and 1913, the remaining pillars can be found on the [littoral zone](/source/Littoral_zone) of the cape between [Baie de l'Oiseau](/source/Baie_de_l'Oiseau) and [Baie de la Dauphine](/source/Baie_de_la_Dauphine), north of the [Loranchet Peninsula](/source/Loranchet_Peninsula). It is one of the best-known structures of the area, and its twin pillars are depicted on numerous [postage stamps](/source/Postage_stamp) of the [TAAF](/source/French_Southern_and_Antarctic_Lands). [Baie de l'Oiseau](/source/Baie_de_l'Oiseau) and the Kerguelen Arch (centre) during the ceremonies held on the [aviso *Eure*](/source/French_ship_Eure_(1886)) (left) on 2 January 1893. ## In literature [Jean-Paul Kauffmann](/source/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](/source/Lebanon_hostage_crisis).[1] The sixth volume of the comic *Prométhée*, by Christophe Bec and [Stefano Raffaele](/source/Stefano_Raffaele), published in June 2012, depicts a Kerguelen Arch mysteriously found still standing in 2019, over a century after its collapse. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** *L'Arche des Kerguelen, Voyage aux îles de la Désolation*, [Jean-Paul Kauffmann](/source/Jean-Paul_Kauffmann), [éditions Flammarion](/source/Groupe_Flammarion), 1992, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [2-7103-2464-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-7103-2464-4). v t e Kerguelen Islands Islands Île Altazin Île Australia Îles de Boynes Île de Croÿ Îles Davis Île Foch Île Gaby Grande Terre Île Haute Île Howe Îles Leygues Île Longue Îles Nuageuses Île de l'Ouest Île du Port Îles du Prince-de-Monaco Île du Roland Île Saint-Lanne Gramont Roches du Salamanca Îlot Solitaire Peninsulas and Presque-isles Cape Kidder Presque-isle of Bougainville Courbet Peninsula Presque-isle of Cumberland Presque-isle of Discovery Presque-isle of Entrecasteaux Gallieni Peninsula Péninsule Jeanne d'Arc Joffre Peninsula Presque-isle of La Bourdonnais Presque-isle of Lacs Presque-isle of Discovery Loranchet Peninsula Prince de Galles Peninsula Rallier du Baty Peninsula Presque-isle of Rochegude Ronarc'h Peninsula Société de Géographie Peninsula Mountains Mont Citadelle Les Mamelles Montagnes Vertes Mont Amery Kerguelen Arch Le Bicorne Pyramide Branca Mont Bungay Mont Campbell Mont Crozier Les Deux Frères Volcan du Diable Mont Docteur Récamier Dôme Rouge Mont Étienne Peau Pic Guynemer Mont Havergal Mont Henri Rallier du Baty Mont de l'Iseran Pic Joliot-Curie Mont Jullemier Mont de Lans Mont Lyall Mont Pâris Mont Perdu Pouce Mont Raymond Rallier du Baty Mont Richards Mont Ross Mont Werth Mont Wyville Thomson Pic Saint-Allouarn Puy Saint-Théodule Mont Tizard Mont Trapèze Glaciers Glacier Agassiz Glacier Ampère Glacier Arago Glacier Buffon Glacier Jean Brunhes Glacier de Chamonix Glacier Chasles Cook Ice Cap Glacier de Plan-Praz Glacier Dumont d'Urville Glacier de l'Infernet Glacier La Pérouse Glacier Lamé Watercourses Arve Rivière du Château Clarée Rivière de l'Est Rivière des Galets Rivière des Sables Rivière des Six Lacs Principal Lakes Lac Ampère Lake Armor Lac Bontemps Lac de Chamonix Lac des Deux Îlots Lac d'Entr'Aigues Lac de Guilvinec Lac d'Hermance Lac Marville Lac Rochegude Lac Sibélius Lac des Trois Cantons Lac du Val Mort Main gulfs, bays and fjords Baie d'Audierne Baleiniers Gulf Baie Blanche Fjord Bossière Baie Bretonne Baie de Chimay Golfe Choiseul Baie Clémenceau Baie de la Dauphine Baie de la Désolation Baie du Français Baie Greenland Baie du Hillsborough Baie Laissez-Porter Baie Larose Fjord Larose Baie de Londres Golfe du Morbihan Baie du Noroît Baie Norvégienne Baie de l'Oiseau Fjord des Portes Noires Baie de Recques Baie Rhodes Baie Rocheuse Baie des Swains Baie de la Table Détroit de Tucker Locations Molloy Port-aux-Français Port-Bizet Port-Christmas Port Couvreux Port-Douzième Port Jeanne d'Arc [48°41′29″S 69°04′18″E / 48.6913°S 69.0717°E / -48.6913; 69.0717](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kerguelen_Arch¶ms=48.6913_S_69.0717_E_type:landmark_region:FR-TF) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kerguelen Arch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerguelen_Arch) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerguelen_Arch?action=history)). 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