Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (abbreviated as HIMI [1]) is a territory of Australia. They are islands in the Indian Ocean. They are about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica.[2]
The islands are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3]
History
The islands were discovered in 1833 by the British sailor Peter Kemp. They have been territories of Australia since 1947.
In 2025, Donald Trump imposed 10% reciprocal tariffs of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, despite not being inhabited by people. The US said that it had a trade deficit with the island.
Geography
Big Ben is an active volcano.[4] The volcano is also known as "Mawson Peak".
The group's size is 372 km² in area.
Heard Island And McDonald Islands Media
Heard Island 1887 by Henry Wood Elliott
The Heard Island Post and Telegraph Office, c. 1950
Weather station personnel at Heard Island ANARE Station releasing a free hydrogen Radiosonde Balloon (c. 1953–57)
A research station on Heard Island
Heard Island and McDonald Islands in the Southern Ocean
A map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Vortex shedding as winds pass Heard Island resulted in this Kármán vortex street in the clouds.
This 1929 photo of a scientific expedition shows some of Heard Island's mosses in the background.
Processing elephant seals on Heard Island – a 19th-century scene.
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References
- ↑ Commonwealth of Australia. "About Heard Island - Human Activities". Archived from the original on 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2006-10-21.
- ↑ 7718 km location
- ↑ UNESCO, "Heard and McDonald Islands". Retrieved 2012-4-20. Archived 2009-12-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Australian government, "Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Landforms"; retrieved 2012-6-14.
Other websites
Media related to Heard Island and McDonald Islands at Wikimedia Commons
- "Heard and McDonald Islands" at CIA World Factbook Archived 2008-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
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