HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS
(territory of Australia)
GEOGRAPHY
Total area: 412 km2; land area: 412 km2

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

Land boundaries: none

Coastline: 101.9 km

Maritime claims:

Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;

Territorial sea: 3 nm

Climate: antarctic

Terrain: Heard Island--bleak and mountainous, with an extinct
volcano; McDonald Islands--small and rocky

Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures
0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100%

Environment: primarily used as research stations

Note: located 4,100 km southwest of Australia in the
southern Indian Ocean

PEOPLE
Population: uninhabited

GOVERNMENT
Long-form name: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Type: territory of Australia administered by the Antarctic Division
of the Department of Science in Canberra (Australia)

ECONOMY
Overview: no economic activity

COMMUNICATIONS
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

DEFENSE FORCES
Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia



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