Kerguelen Islands French scientists make up the majority of the few humans to occupy this remote island in the extreme southern Indian Ocean. Port Couvreux Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands. Tromelin Island Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.
