Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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The Heard Island and McDonald Islands (abbreviated as HIMI) are an Australian external territory and volcanic group of barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall size is in area and it has of coastline. Discovered in the mid-19th century, they have been territories of Australia since 1947 and contain the only two active volcanoes in Australian territory, the summit of one of which, Mawson Peak, is higher than any mountain on the Australian mainland. They lie on the Kerguelen Plateau in the Indian Ocean.
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- Related: Australia, Australian Antarctic Territory
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands official website Heard Island and McDonald Islands official website www.heardisland.aq - Web |
| World heritage listing for Heard Island and McDona... World heritage listing for Heard Island and McDonald Islands environment.gov.au/.../index.html - Web |
| Image gallery Image gallery www.heardisland.aq/gallery - Web |
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| MODIS satellite image MODIS satellite image modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2004-10-05 - Web |
| UNESCO World Heritage site entry UNESCO World Heritage site entry whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=577 - Web |
| Fan's page Fan's page www.btinternet.com/~sa_sa/heard_island/heard.html - Web |
