Talk:Heard Island and McDonald Islands/CIA World Factbook 2002 import
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This article is an import from the CIA World Factbook 2002.
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.
[edit] Geography
Map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Location
- Southern Africa, islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica
- Geographic coordinates
- 53 06 S, 72 31 E
- Map references
- Antarctic Region
- Area
- total: 412 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 412 sq km
- Area - comparative
- slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC
- Land boundaries
- 0 km
- Coastline
- 101.9 km
- Maritime claims
- exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 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: Southern Ocean 0 m
highest point: Big Ben 2,745 m
- Natural resources
- fish
- Land use
- arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
other: 100% (1998 est.)
- Natural hazards
- Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island
[edit] People
- Population
- uninhabited (July 2002 est.)
[edit] Government
- Country name
- conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Dependency status
- territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage
- Flag description
- the flag of Australia is used
[edit] Economy
- Economy - overview
- No indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing around the islands.
[edit] Communications
- Internet country code
- .hm
[edit] Transportation
- Waterways
- none
- Ports and harbors
- none; offshore anchorage only
[edit] Transnational Issues
- Disputes - international
- none
