Alfred-Faure or Port Alfred is a permanent French Scientific Station on Possession Island of the subantarctic Crozet Archipelago in the South Indian Ocean.
Crozet and Kerguelen Islands are French territory in the Indian Ocean and are part of Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises (TAAF)
There are many islands that are a part of the Crozet Islands such as: Île aux Cochons (Pig Island), Île des Pingouins (Penguin Island), Îlots des Apôtres (Apostle Islets), Grande Île (Big Island), Île de la Possession (Possession Island), Île de I’Est (East Island). The Crozet Plateau is divided in two island groups, separated by a 2 km deep Indivat Basin.
Eastern island group includes: Ile de la Possession, the largest Crozet Island, and Ile de l’Est (East).
The Western islands include the small stratovolcano of Ile aux Cochons (Hog Islands), and the reefs of Iles des Pingouins (Penguins) and Iles des Apotres (Apostle Islet). They are 120 km West of the eastern group.
The two largest and oldest islands, Possession and Est are on the eastern portion. The rest of the islands are on the other side of the Indivat Basin. The western set of islands appear to be newer, with a major structural feature thought to be a submarine volcano 30 km E of Ile aux Cochons. The crust in the western portion is quite thick at 16.5 km, thinning to 10 km east of the Basin.
Permanent occupation with a Scientific Station, is dated from 1963. The 20 small mountainous islands of Crozet are a French territory and are uninhabited except for scientific personnel and penguins. Home to seals, King Penguins and other birds, Crozet is designated a “National conservation area” by France.
The mostly barren island is subject to low temperatures and long winters. The island climate is mitigated somewhat by maritime influences. The inland plateaus are barren and rocky. Steep cliffs drop to sealevel on the coasts.
The unglaciated islands were discovered and claimed for France by a French explorer in 1772. Their abundant population of seals soon drew the interest of sealers, who managed to nearly wipe out seal populations of Crozet and neighboring Kerguelen islands by 1835, after which the French seal trade was replaced by American whalers. 
Overfishing in recent years led the French to declare an exclusive economic zone around their islands in this part of the world in 1978. Today, the French Navy patrols the zone.
The French Polar Institute is in charge of 38 Refuges or isolated sites in Kerguelen (mostly WAP FRA-Ø4 Port Aux Francais and WAP FRA-Ø5 Port Jeanne d’Arc), 3 in Crozet and 2 on Amsterdam Island (WAP FRA-Ø3).
The “Little Chapel” on Crozet Island (officially named Notre Dame des Oiseaux) is a small, cubic wooden church located in front of the permanent station Alfred Faure Research Base (WAP FRA-Ø2) on Possession Island. Built in 1984, it serves as a remote sanctuary for overwintering researchers and features a memorial plaque for lost sailors.