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heard and mcdonald islands


states: [australia]

category: natural

year: 1997

location: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands

region: Asia and the Pacific

latitude/longitude: -53.1000000000, 73.5000000000

Heard And Mcdonald Islands

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. The distinctive conservation value of Heard and McDonald – one of the world’s rare pristine island ecosystems – lies in the complete absence of alien plants and animals, as well as human impact.

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