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Profile

Background and figures as recorded in the CIA World Factbook.

American sailor John HEARD discovered Heard Island in 1853 while fellow American William MCDONALD discovered the McDonald Islands the following year. Starting in 1855, sealers lived on the islands and harvested elephant seal oil; by the time the practice was ended in 1877, most of the islands’ seals were killed. The UK formally claimed the islands in 1910, and Australian explorer Douglas MAWSON visited Heard Island in 1929.

Population: uninhabited
Area: 412 sq km
Location: islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica
Climate: antarctic
Natural resources: fish

Source: CIA World Factbook — a work of the US government, in the public domain

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Before you travel

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Climate: antarctic

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Nearby

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