Heard Island and McDonald Islands – Australian

Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) are a sub-Antarctic island group. They are located in the Southern Ocean, about 4,000 km south west of mainland Australia. Penguins are by far the most abundant birds on the island.

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The activity on the McDonald Islands group resulted in the island doubling in size and increasing in elevation by about 100 m (Australian Government 2016). Along with the French Kerguelen group of islands 440 km to the northwest, Heard and McDonald Islands form the only exposed parts of the submarine Kerguelen plume (Australian Government 2016).

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

The islands are a territory (Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands) of Australia administered from Hobart by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

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The United Kingdom formally established its claim to Heard Island in 1910, marked by the raising of the Union Flag and the erection of a beacon by Captain Evensen, master of the Mangoro. Effective government, administration and control of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands was transferred to the Australian government on 26 December 1947 at the commencement of the first

Conservation values in the marine environment surrounding

One of the worlds largest highly protected IUCN category 1A marine reserves the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve was established by Australia in the waters surrounding

Proposal to expand Heard Island and McDonald Islands

The Proposal to expand Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve – Public consultation paper (''proclamation proposal'') has been prepared to support public consultation on the proposed design of an expanded Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) Marine Reserve.

Proposal to expand Heard Island and McDonald Islands

expand protection for the diverse and vulnerable benthic assemblages present on the shallow plateau, banks and upper slopes around Heard Island and McDonald Islands by including examples of all depth ranges and associated demersal fish

Heard and McDonald Islands McDonald Islands

Island and McDonald Islands group show unique evolutionary adaptations to the environment, and several other invertebrate groups provide opportunities to study evolutionary processes in undisturbed populations at the southern limits

Heard Island and McDonald Islands – Australian Antarctic Program

Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) are a sub-Antarctic island group. They are located in the Southern Ocean, about 4,000 km south west of mainland Australia. Penguins are by far the most abundant birds on the island.

Heard and McDonald Islands | World Heritage Outlook

Heard Island and McDonald Islands are located in the Southern Ocean, approximately 1,700 km from the Antarctic continent and 4,100 km south-west of Perth. As the only volcanically active subantarctic islands they ''open a window into the earth'', thus providing the opportunity to observe ongoing geomorphic processes and glacial dynamics.

Conservation values in the marine environment surrounding

One of the worlds largest highly protected IUCN category 1A marine reserves the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve was established by Australia in the waters surrounding HIMI in 2002. The reserve recognised the significant conservation values that exist in