Desolation Islands

== English == === Etymology === Coined by British explorer James Cook in 1776, after the description of the islands left by Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, who discovered the islands in 1772. Cook preferred the alternate name Kerguelen Islands instead of Desolation Islands. === Proper noun === the Desolation Islands pl (plural only) Synonym of Kerguelen Islands. ==== Translations ====