Compare Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2006) - Akrotiri (2005)

Compare Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2006) z Akrotiri (2005)

	Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2006)	Akrotiri (2005)

Area	total: 412 sq km land: 412 sq km water: 0 sq km	total: 123 sq km note: includes a salt lake and wetlands
Area - comparative	slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC	about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
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.	By terms of the 1960 Treaty of Establishment that created the independent Republic of Cyprus, the UK retained full sovereignty and jurisdiction over two areas of almost 254 square kilometers in total: Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The southernmost and smallest of these is the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which is also referred to as the Western Sovereign Base Area.
Capital	-	Episkopi Cantonment; also serves as capital of Dhekelia
Climate	antarctic	temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters
Coastline	101.9 km	56.3 km
Country name	conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands abbreviation: HIMI	conventional long form: Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area conventional short form: Akrotiri
Dependency status	territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage	overseas territory of UK; administered by an administrator who is also the Commander, British Forces Cyprus
Diplomatic representation from the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Diplomatic representation in the US	none (territory of Australia)	none (overseas territory of the UK)
Disputes - international	none	-
Economy - overview	No indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing around the islands.	Economic activity is limited to providing services to the military and their families located in Akrotiri. All food and manufactured goods must be imported.
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Mawson Peak, on Big Ben 2,745 m	-
Environment - current issues	NA	shooting around the salt lake; note - breeding place for loggerhead and green turtles; only remaining colony of griffon vultures is on the base
Executive branch	-	chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II (since 6 February 1952) head of government: Administrator Maj. Gen. Peter Thomas Clayton PEARSON (since 9 May 2003); note - reports to the British Ministry of Defence elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; the administrator is appointed by the monarch
Flag description	the flag of Australia is used	the flag of the UK is used
Geographic coordinates	53 06 S, 72 31 E	34 37 N, 32 58 E
Geography - note	-	British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus
Irrigated land	0 sq km	-
Land boundaries	0 km	total: 47.4 km border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)	-
Languages	-	English, Greek
Legal system	the laws of Australia, where applicable, apply	the laws of the UK, where applicable, apply
Location	islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica	peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus
Map references	Antarctic Region	Middle East
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm	-
Military - note	defense is the responsibility of Australia; Australia conducts fisheries patrols	Akrotiri has a full RAF base, Headquarters for British Forces on Cyprus, and Episkopi Support Unit
Natural hazards	Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island	-
Natural resources	fish	-
Population	uninhabited (July 2006 est.)	no indigenous inhabitants note: approximately 1,300 military personnel are on the base; there are another 5,000 British citizens who are families of military personnel or civilian staff on both Akrotiri and Dhekelia; Cyprus citizens work on the base, but do not live there
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	-

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