Desolation Islands

Meaning

Proper Noun

Synonym of Kerguelen Islands

Origin

, after the description of the islands left by Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, who discovered the islands in 1772. Cook preferred the alternate name Kerguelen Islands instead of Desolation Islands.

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