Heard and McDonald Islands
World Heritage Site
- Official name
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Heard and McDonald Islands |
UNESCO
- Country
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Australia |
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- Continent
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Australia
- Location
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Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
-53.1000° Lat, 73.5000° Lon |
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- Code
- 577
- Time Zone
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Australia/Sydney (AEDT, +1100)
- Current Time
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- Category
- Natural
- Description
- Inscribed 1997. 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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