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Heard Island and McDonald Islands is located in islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica.
Land in Heard Island and McDonald Islands is 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.
land covers an area of 412 square kilometers which is slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC
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As for the climate; antarctic.
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Regions of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
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.
No indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing around the islands.
natural resources include fish
religion is null.
Natural hazards in Heard Island and McDonald Islands include Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island.