Sunday Stamps II from the Southern Hemisphere

I have been touring islands and atolls in the South Pacific this week, calling in at

French Polynesia - 1 November 195

where the 118 volcanic islands and atolls cover an area the size of Western Europe including Tahiti. In 1971 the atoll of  Mururoa was the site of a French nuclear test.

French Southern and Antarctic Territories include the Archipel des Crozet, a sub antarctic archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean.

French Southern and Antarctic Territories
18 April 1956

Penguin Island, one of the six Crozet Islands, is home to four species of penguin - Macaroni, King, Gentoo and Eastern Rock Hoppers. I believe it is the Rock Hoppers on the stamp.

For more stamps from the southern hemisphere please visit the links at  Sunday-Stamps-II-112.

Faraway Islands - Sunday Stamps

I guess what you regard as 'faraway' depends on where you live. In England I've always regarded Australia and New Zealand as the most distant countries we have not yet visited. However I've chosen some smaller islands for this week's 'faraway' theme. I would have to take long haul flights to reach them.

Maldives

Ardea cinerea is a grey heron. 

The Republic Of Maldives, also referred to as the Maldive Islands, or just The Maldives, is located in the Indian Ocean. It consists of a double chain of 26 atolls. 

The Maldives were a British Protectorate from 1887-1965. It is the smallest Asian country in population and land area. With an average ground elevation of 1.5 metres above sea level it's hardly surprising that its existence is threatened by rising sea levels resulting for global warming.

My second island is a Dependent Territory of the United Kingdom in the Caribbean Sea.

Anguilla separated from St Christopher and Nevis in 1983 but remains a British Overseas Territory. St Kitts and Nevis may the the place you need to go to find that pirate's treasure, always assuming that they were burying it at the time.

Other faraway places, possibly romantic or exotic as well, may be found by visiting the links at Viridian's Sunday-Stamps-182.