Compare Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2001) - Europa Island (2005)

Compare Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2001) z Europa Island (2005)

	Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2001)	Europa Island (2005)

Airports	-	1 (2004 est.)
Airports - with unpaved runways	-	total: 1 914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2004 est.)
Area	total: 412 sq km land: 412 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 28 sq km land: 28 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC	about 0.16 times the size of Washington, DC
Background	These uninhabited, barren 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.	A French possession since 1897, the island is heavily wooded; it is the site of a small military garrison that staffs a weather station.
Climate	antarctic	tropical
Coastline	101.9 km	22.2 km
Country name	conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands	conventional long form: none conventional short form: Europa Island local long form: none local short form: Ile Europa
Dependency status	territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of the Environment, Sport, and Territories	possession of France; administered by the Administrateur Superieur of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of Australia)	-
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of Australia)	-
Disputes - international	none	claimed by Madagascar
Economy - overview	no economic activity	no economic activity
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Southern Ocean 0 m highest point: Big Ben 2,745 m	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 24 m
Environment - current issues	NA	NA
Flag description	the flag of Australia is used	the flag of France is used
Geographic coordinates	53 06 S, 72 31 E	22 20 S, 40 22 E
Geography - note	primarily used for research stations	wildlife sanctuary
Industries	-	none
Irrigated land	0 sq km (1993)	0 sq km (1998 est.)
Land boundaries	0 km	0 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100%	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (mangrove forests and woodlands) (2001)
Legal system	the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply	the laws of France, where applicable, apply
Location	Southern Africa, islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica	Southern Africa, island in the Mozambique Channel, about half way between southern Madagascar and southern Mozambique
Map references	Antarctic Region	Africa
Maritime claims	exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM territorial sea: 3 NM	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of Australia	defense is the responsibility of France
Natural hazards	Heard Island is dominated by a dormant volcano called Big Ben	NA
Natural resources	none	NEGL
Population	uninhabited (July 2001 est.)	no indigenous inhabitants note: there is a small French military garrison and a few meteorologists; visited by scientists (July 2005 est.)
Ports and harbors	none; offshore anchorage only	none; offshore anchorage only
Terrain	Heard Island - bleak and mountainous, with a quiescent volcano; McDonald Islands - small and rocky	low and flat
Waterways	none	-

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