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| | Heard and McDonald Islands (Australia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | These two islands are external territory of Australia - they consist of the main volcanic island Heard, the Shag Islands lying 11 km north, and the three McDonald Islands (Flat Island, McDonald Island, and Meyer Rock) 43 km west. |
 | | Big Ben, the circular volcano of which the island is made of, is still active - it erupted in 1910, 1950, 1985 and 1992. |
 | | The islands house the Heard Shag, as well as more than 2 million Macaroni Penguins and more than 200, 000 King Penguins (which are rapidly increasing). |
| www.70south.com /resources/islands/heard (265 words) |
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