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	Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Heard Island is bleak and mountainous, covered in glaciers and dominated by Mawson Peak, a 2745- meter-high volcano which forms part of the Big Ben massif.
		They consist of McDonald Island (230 m high), Flat Island (55 m high) and Meyer Rock (170 m high) They total approximately 2.5 km² in area and, as with Heard Island, are surface exposuers of the Kerguelen Plateau.
		The islands are a territory of Australia administered from Hobart by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands (691 words)

	Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Heard Island and the McDonald Islands are uninhabited, barren islands located in the Southern Ocean at 53°6'S, 72°31'E, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica.
		Heard Island is bleak and mountainous, and dominated by Mawson Peak, a 2745-meter-high volcano on the Big Ben massif; the McDonald Islands are small and rocky.
		The islands are a territory of Australia administered from Canberra by the Australian Antarctic Division of the Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Hm (429 words)

	Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Heard Island and the McDonald Islands are uninhabited, barren, antarctic islands transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia in 1947.
		Heard Island is bleak and mountainous, with a quiescent volcano (Big Ben, 2745 m); the McDonald Islands are small and rocky.
		Peter Kemp, a British sealer, was the first person thought to have seen the island on the 27th of November 1833 from the brig Magnet during a voyage from Kerguelen to the Antarctic, and was believed to have entered the island in his 1833 chart.
	www.wikiverse.org /heard-island-and-mcdonald-islands (471 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Heard Island and the McDonald Islands lie 40km apart, the McDonald Islands to the west of Heard Island.
		Heard Island is notable among oceanic islands because its basement is middle Eocene to early Oligocene limestone of marine origin, and the volcanic piles that form the island sit on this.
		The islands, all of which are ice-free, are composed of basaltic lava and tuffaceous material, resulting from eruptions of volcanic vents near sea level.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /sites/wh/himi.html (3017 words)

	"The history and geography of Heard Island, Southern Indian Ocean"
		Heard Island is situated in the extreme Southern Indian Ocean, on the Kerguelen Plateau, 4,100 km south-west of the Australian continent and 1,500 km north of Antarctica.
		Heard and McDonald Islands lie 40 km apart, the McDonald Islands to the west of Heard Island.
		Heard Island, situated in the Sub-Antarctic region of the globe, is a very special place, highly valued by anyone who has taken the time to look further than identifying it on a map of the world.
	www.btinternet.com /~sa_sa/heard_island/heard.html (1916 words)

	Heard McDonald Islands Antarctic Polar Regions
		Heard and MacDonald Islands Fishery - Describes the restrictions and enforcement of fishing around these islands.
		Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve - Discusses the establishment of this marine reserve.
		UNESCO: Heard and McDonald Islands - Brief description and three reports: the report of the 21st Session of the Committee, and the 1998/1999 State of Conservation Reports.
	24up.org /Regional/Polar_Regions/Antarctic/Heard_and_McDonald_Islands (173 words)

	World Heritage: Heard and McDonald Islands
		Heard Island (area 368 km2) is the principal island of HIMI.
		It is the only sub-Antarctic island group to contain no known species introduced directly by humans, which makes it invaluable for having, within one site, an intact set of interrelated ecosystems; terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine, in which the ongoing evolution of plants and animals occur in a natural state.
		Woehler, E. 1991, Status and conservation of the seabirds of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands.
	www.deh.gov.au /heritage/worldheritage/sites/antarct/index.html (1182 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Southern Indian Ocean Islands tundra (AN1104)
		This island is a 600m high volcanic cone, and its open crater consists of alternations of pyroclastic rocks and lava flows (Girod and Nougier 1972).
		The island’s macro-invertebrates, such as moths, weevils, earthworms, snails and slugs, are important in the release of inorganic nutrients contained in plant litter (Smith and Steenkamp 1992).
		Gribnitz K.H., Kent L.E. and Dixon R.D. Volcanic ash, ash soils and the inferred Quaternary climate of sub-Antarctic Marion Island.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/an/an1104_full.html (8507 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Vegetation The principal vegetation communities on Heard Island are tussock grassland, herbfield, and feldmark, with smaller areas of meadow, pool complex and cushion carpet.
		Scientific Research and Facilities Heard Island was visited by several scientific expeditions in the 1800s and early 1900s, beginning with a visit by scientists from HMS Challenger in 1874.
		Management Constraints Populations of seals and penguins on Heard Island (particularly Antarctic fur seal, southern elephant seal, and king penguin) are recovering from heavy exploitation in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and the immediate area around the ANARE station on Heard Island has been slightly modified.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/sample/0399w.htm (2962 words)

	National Mapping - Fab Facts, Dimensions, External Territories, Heard and McDonald Islands
		Heard Island can be found 4100 kilometres south-west of Perth, at coordinates 73°30' East, 53°05' South.
		A glance at any map of Heard Island will show that by far the most prominent feature is the mountain Big Ben, covering an area of 380 square kilometres (nearly the entire island).
		Located at 73°36' East, 53°02' South, 43 kilo metres to the west of Heard Island, McDonald Island is also volcanic in nature, and home to a variety of sub-antarctic fauna and flora.
	www.ga.gov.au /education/facts/dimensions/externalterr/heard.htm (254 words)

	Heard Island and McDonald Islands : ISO 3166-1:HM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Heard Island is bleak and mountainous, with a quiescent volcano (Big Ben, 2745 meters); the McDonald Islands are small and rocky.
		The islands are located in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica, at 53°6'S, 72°31'E. They total 412 square kilometers.
		The islands are a territory of Australia administered from Canberra by the Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories.
	www.eurofreehost.com /is/ISO_3166-1:HM.html (272 words)

	Australian Antarctic Division - World Heritage - Heard & McDonald Islands
		Heard Island (maps), the largest in the group (368 square km), is permanently glaciated and dominated by Big Ben.
		These remote islands were unknown until the mid-nineteenth century, when predatory sealers and whalers discovered vast numbers of seals on Heard Island.
		In October 2002 the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve was declared under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
	www.aad.gov.au /default.asp?casid=1371 (571 words)

	Directory - Regional: Polar Regions: Antarctic: Heard and McDonald Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Heard and MacDonald Islands are renowned as the only Subantarctic islands not to have suffered from the introduction of alien species.
		Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve · cached · Discusses the establishment of this marine reserve.
		UNESCO: Heard and McDonald Islands · cached · Brief description and three reports: the report of the 21st Session of the Committee, and the 1998/1999 State of Conservation Reports.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=165637 (222 words)

	Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve
		The Australian Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) lies in a remote and stormy part of the globe, near the conspicuous meeting-point of Antarctic and temperate ocean waters.
		Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve (HIMI) was declared on 16 October 2002 to protect the conservation values of the reserve area, the territorial sea and the adjacent Exclusive Economic Zone (HIMI EEZ) including
		A Draft Management Plan for the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve has been prepared and the period during which public comment was sought closed on 4 May 2005.
	www.deh.gov.au /coasts/mpa/heard (433 words)

	Heard and McDonald Islands Regional, Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Heard and MacDonald Islands Fishery Describes the restrictions and enforcement of fishing around these islands.
		UNESCO: Heard and McDonald Islands Brief description and three reports: the report of the 21st Session of the Committee, and the 1998/1999 State of Conservation Reports.
		Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Discusses the establishment of this marine reserve.
	www.wtcpa.org /d3RfMTY1NjM3.aspx (164 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred from the UK to Australia in 1947.
		Heard Island - 80% ice-covered, bleak and mountainous, dominated by a large massif (Big Ben) and an active volcano (Mawson Peak); McDonald Islands - small and rocky
		Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island
	www.odci.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/hm.html (192 words)

	Heard and McDonald islands - images - 3 - McDonald islands - Travel-Images.com
		McDonald Island: Cape petrels swoop across the water in front of the main island and Meyer Rock
		McDonald Island: Flat Island, the plateau at the left is now joined to the main island
		Heard and McDonald islands - uninhabited archipelago near the Antartica
	www.travel-images.com /heard-mcdonald3.html (124 words)

	Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve
		Unlike most marine protected areas, the management of Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve is the statutory responsibility of the Australian Antarctic Divison.
		The current management plan for the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, the Heard Island Wilderness Reserve Management Plan, will remain in force until the new plan is finalised.
		For more information about the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve, including main restrictions on activities in the Reserve, please visit the Heard Island and McDonald Islands website managed by the Australian Antarctic Division.
	www.ea.gov.au /coasts/mpa/heard (433 words)

	Heard and McDonald Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		Heard and McDonald Islands (Department of the Environment and Heritage)
	whc.unesco.org /sites/577.htm (101 words)

	Heard and McDonald islands - images - Travel-Images.com
		Heard Island: the central volcanic cone of Mawson Peak
		Heard Island: king penguin moves ashore across the volcanic sand of the beach
		Heard Island: Corinthian Bay against a backdrop of glaciers and snowy peaks
	www.travel-images.com /heard-mcdonald.html (228 words)

	Heard Island and McDonald Islands hm.html
		Situated 2,480 miles southwest of Australia in the Indian Ocean, the Heard and McDonald islands are ice covered, volcanic rock outcrops.
		Because of Herd Islands unique location - it offers direct access to the world's main oceans - it was chosen in 1991 as the site of an experiment to monitor global warming using sound waves.
		Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953 (2)
	www.meatnpotatoes.com /nations/hm.html (98 words)

	Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Background: These uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands were transferred from the UK to Australia in 1947.
		Terrain: Heard Island - 80% ice-covered, bleak and mountainous, dominated by a large massif (Big Ben) and an active volcano (Mawson Peak); McDonald Islands - small and rocky.
		Natural hazards: Mawson Peak, an active volcano, is on Heard Island.
	www.paulnoll.com /Locations/visiting-Heard-McDonald-Islands.html (157 words)

	Heard Island, south Indian Ocean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Heard is an active stratovolcano in the south Indian Ocean.
		Clarke, I. Petrogenesis of basic and ultrabasic lavas on Heard Island.
		Helium isotope evidence for shallow-level contamination of ocean island magmas at Heard Island.
	volcano.und.nodak.edu /vwdocs/volc_images/australia/heard_island.html (148 words)

	Mizmoz - Polar Regions Heard and McDonald Islands - Regional And Polar Regions Heard and McDonald Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mizmoz - Polar Regions Heard and McDonald Islands - Regional And Polar Regions Heard and McDonald Islands
		REGIONAL AND POLAR REGIONS HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS
		Die Pretty are a band from the 22nd century beamed down to the present day.
	www.mizmoz.com /dir/Regional/Polar_Regions/Antarctic/Heard_and_McDonald_Islands (363 words)

	Web Metasearch : "heard and mcdonald islands" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Heard and McDonald Islands Australia Inscribed : 1997 Criteria: N (i) (ii) Justification for Inscription: Report of the 21st
		The Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve was declared 16 October 2002
		Heard Island and McDonald Islands - 2002 - In
	www.ilectric.com /-/heard+and+mcdonald+islands (726 words)

	A/RES/39/30. Question of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
		Endorses the view of the Visiting Mission that, in so doing, the people of the Territory have exercised their right to self-determination in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 4.
		Considers it appropriate that, in view of the decision of the people of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the transmission of information in respect of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands under Article 73 e of the Charter should cease; 5.
		Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Australia, as the administering Power concerned, and to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Council for the co-operation extended to the United Nations; 7.
	www.un.org /documents/ga/res/39/a39r030.htm (214 words)

	Geography of Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Southern Africa, islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica
		Heard Island - bleak and mountainous, active volcano; McDonald Islands - small and rocky; primarily used for research stations
		Heard Island is dominated by an active volcano called Big Ben
	www.volcanolive.com /heard.html (46 words)

	Heard And Mcdonald Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Australian Antarctic Division - Agency responsible for the country's Antarctic research, as well as administering the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic Territory of Heard and McDonald Islands.
		HM Domain - Heard and McDonald Islands - NIC for.hm CCTLD.
		Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Contains a map and general information about the islands from the CIA World Factbook.
	www.findly.com /heard-and-mcdonald-islands.htm (162 words)

	Lukol.com - Regional - Polar Regions - Antarctic - Heard and McDonald Islands
		Lukol.com - Regional - Polar Regions - Antarctic - Heard and McDonald Islands
		Brief description and three reports: the report of the 21st Session of the Committee, and the 1998/1999 State of Conservation Reports.
		Proposed Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve
	www.lukol.com /Top/Regional/Polar_Regions/Antarctic/Heard_and_McDonald_Islands (153 words)

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