Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2008) | Heard Island and McDonald Islands (2003) | |
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 |