Prince Edward Islands

<p>The Prince Edward Islands are two small uninhabited <a href="/facts/Subantarctic/vzlXL8Fp">subantarctic</a> <a href="/facts/Volcanic_island/uD8BN9K7">volcanic islands</a> in the southern <a href="/facts/Indian_Ocean/Kv0crwKG">Indian Ocean</a> that are administered by <a href="/facts/South_Africa/vvXQpLgq">South Africa</a>. They are named Marion Island (named after <a href="/facts/Marc-Joseph_Marion_du_Fresne/boC5Tqpj">Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne</a>, 1724–1772) and Prince Edward Island (named after <a href="/facts/Prince_Edward%2c_Duke_of_Kent_and_Strathearn/7lWnbkWY">Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn</a>, 1767–1820).
</p><p>The islands in the group have been declared Special Nature Reserves under the South African Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, No. 57 of 2003, and activities on the islands are therefore restricted to research and conservation management. Further protection was granted when the area was declared a <a href="/facts/Prince_Edward_Islands_Marine_Protected_Area/fTjtM7zQ">marine protected area</a> in 2013. The only human inhabitants of the islands are the staff of a <a href="/facts/Meteorology/xblFr28q">meteorological</a> and <a href="/facts/Biology/1M1ee3pB">biological</a> research station run by the <a href="/facts/South_African_National_Antarctic_Programme/4Awp7QNX">South African National Antarctic Programme</a> on Marion Island.
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Prince Edward Islands