Île Amsterdam (, also known as
Amsterdam Island,
New Amsterdam, or
Nouvelle Amsterdam, is an island named after the ship
Nieuw Amsterdam, in turn named after the Dutch settlement of
New Amsterdam that later became
New York City in the
United States. It lies in the southern
Indian Ocean. It is part of the
French Southern and Antarctic Lands and, together with neighbouring
Île Saint-Paul to the south, forms one of the five districts of the territory. The
Martin-de-Viviès research station, first called
Camp Heurtin and then
La Roche Godon, is the only settlement on the island and is home to about 30 non-permanent inhabitants involved in biological, meteorological and geomagnetic studies.