Earth and Environment Atlas

How The Planet Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Geological Formation

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Volcanic Formations

The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands is an Australian external territory in the southern Indian Ocean, made up of a group of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands lying on the Kerguelen Plateau. It sits about 4,000 kilometers southwest of the Australian mainland and 1,700 kilometers north of Antarctica. The territory holds Australia's only active volcanoes and its highest point outside the Australian Antarctic Territory, Mawson Peak, and it remains uninhabited, described as one of the most remote places on Earth. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Protected Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Protected Status
National Monument or Landmark 1
Connections

Caused By

Volcanism, Processes
Source Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Wikipedia)

In Discipline

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikidata: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Sources
1. Wikidata: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Wikidata Q131198, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P1435 heritage-designation or P3425 Natura 2000 claim on the formation's own item (w-bbfill-earth2-0926)
View the Source
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands is an Australian external territory in the southern Indian Ocean.
  • Caused By: Volcanism, Lead section (caused-by Volcanism)
    Discovered in the mid-19th century, the territory is a group of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands that lie on the Kerguelen Plateau.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.