Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2002) | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2007) | |
Country name | conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands |
conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands abbreviation: HIMI |
Economy - overview | No indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing around the islands. | The islands have no indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing in the surrounding waters. |
Elevation extremes | lowest point: Southern Ocean 0 m
highest point: Big Ben 2,745 m |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m |
Irrigated land | 0 sq km (1998 est.) | 0 sq km |
Land use | arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.) |
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005) |
Location | Southern Africa, islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica | islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica |
Maritime claims | exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm |
Population | uninhabited (July 2002 est.) | uninhabited |
Ports and harbors | none; offshore anchorage only | - |
Waterways | none | - |