Another Amsterdam Island is an Arctic island in the Svalbard archipelago, near the northwestern corner of Spitsbergen.
Île Amsterdam (meaning Amsterdam island, after the main Dutch port) is a French island in the Indian Ocean located at .
Description
The island is volcanic but has been inactive since 1792. It has an area of 55 km2 (21 mi2), measuring 21 km (13 mi) on its longest side, and reaches as high as 867 m (2844 ft) at the Mont de la Dives. The island is one of few sub-Antarctic islands to have any sort of tree covering.
The island is part of the French Southern Territories, and together with neighboring Île Saint-Paul (85 km to the South) forms one of the four districts of the territory. Its base Martin-de-Viviès, formerly called La Roche Gódon, is the capital of the territory.
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