The French Southern Territories (long name: Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, French: Territoire des Terres australes et antarctiques françaises or Terres australes et antarctiques françaises or T.A.A.F. or TAAF) are antarctic, volcanicislands in the southern Indian Ocean, south of Africa and about equidistant between Africa, Antarctica, and Australia. The TAAF should not be confused with France Antarctique.