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Heard Island and McDonald Islands

    • Affiliation:
      (territory of Australia)

    • Location:
      Southern Africa, islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica

    • Map references:
      Antarctic Region

    • Area:

        total area:
        412 sq km

        land area:
        412 sq km

        comparative area:
        slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC

    • Land boundaries:
      0 km

    • Coastline:
      101.9 km

    • Maritime claims:

        exclusive fishing zone:
        200 nm

        territorial sea:
        3 nm

    • International disputes:
      none

    • Climate:
      antarctic

    • Terrain:
      Heard Island - bleak and mountainous, with a quiescent volcano; McDonald Islands - small and rocky

    • Natural resources:
      none

    • Land use:

        arable land:
        0%

        permanent crops:
        0%

        meadows and pastures:
        0%

        forest and woodland:
        0%

        other:
        100%

    • Irrigated land:
      0 sq km

    • Environment:

        current issues:
        NA

        natural hazards:
        Heard Island is dominated by a dormant volcano called Big Ben

        international agreements:
        NA

    • Note:
      primarily used for research stations






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