:Heard Island and McDonald Islands Geography

Total area:
    412 km2
Land area:
    412 km2
Comparative area:
    slightly less than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
    none
Coastline:
    101.9 km
Maritime claims:
  Exclusive fishing zone:
    200 nm
  Territorial sea:
    3 nm
Disputes:
    none
Climate:
    antarctic
Terrain:
    Heard Island - bleak and mountainous, with an extinct volcano; McDonald
    Islands - small and rocky
Land use:
    arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and
    woodland 0%; other 100%
Environment:
    primarily used as research stations
Note:
    located 4,100 km southwest of Australia in the southern Indian Ocean

:Heard Island and McDonald Islands People

Population:
    uninhabited

:Heard Island and McDonald Islands Government

Long-form name:
    Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Type:
    territory of Australia administered by the Antarctic Division of the
    Department of Science in Canberra (Australia)
Capital:
    none; administered from Canberra, Australia

:Heard Island and McDonald Islands Economy

Overview:
    no economic activity

:Heard Island and McDonald Islands Communications

Ports:
    none; offshore anchorage only

:Heard Island and McDonald Islands Defense Forces

Note:
    defense is the responsibility of Australia