| Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2008) | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2003) | |
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| 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: 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, Water, Heritage and the Arts | territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Department of the Environment and Heritage | 
| Economy - overview | The islands have no indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing in the surrounding waters. | No indigenous economic activity, but the Australian Government allows limited fishing around the islands. | 
| Irrigated land | 0 sq km | 0 sq km (1998 est.) | 
| Land use | arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)  | 
				arable land: 0% 
 permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (1998 est.)  | 
				
| Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm 
 exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm  | 
				exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM 
 territorial sea: 12 NM  | 
				
| Population | uninhabited | uninhabited (July 2003 est.) | 
| Ports and harbors | - | none; offshore anchorage only | 
| Waterways | - | none |