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Background

These uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred from the UK to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve.

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Location:	islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica
Geographic coordinates:	53 06 S, 72 31 E
Area:	total: 412 sq km land: 412 sq km water: 0 sq km Size comparison: slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC
Land Boundaries:	0 km
Coastline:	101.9 km
Maritime claims:	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Climate:	antarctic
Terrain:	Heard Island - 80% ice-covered, bleak and mountainous, dominated by a large massif (Big Ben) and an active volcano (Mawson Peak); McDonald Islands - small and rocky
Elevation extremes:	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m
Natural resources:	fish
Land use:	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)
Irrigated land:	0 sq km
Natural hazards:	Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island
Current Environment Issues:	NA
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Country name:	conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands abbreviation: HIMI
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