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HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

 (territory of Australia) 

@Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands:Geography

 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

@Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands:People

 Population: uninhabited

@Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands:Government

 Names:
 conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands

 conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands

 Digraph: HM

 Type: territory of Australia administered by the Ministry for
 Environment, Sport, and Territories

 Capital: none; administered from Canberra, Australia

 Independence: none (territory of Australia)

Economy

 Overview: no economic activity

@Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands:Transportation

 Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

@Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands:Defense Forces

 Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia


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