_#_Climate: antarctic
_#_Terrain: Heard Island--bleak and mountainous, with an extinct
volcano; McDonald Islands--small and rocky
_#_Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures
0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100%
_#_Environment: primarily used as research stations
_#_Note: located 4,100 km southwest of Australia in the
southern Indian Ocean
_*_People
_#_Population: uninhabited
_*_Government
_#_Long-form name: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
_#_Type: territory of Australia administered by the Antarctic Division
of the Department of Science in Canberra (Australia)
_*_Economy
_#_Overview: no economic activity
_*_Communications
_#_Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
_*_Defense Forces
_#_Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia
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_*_Geography
_#_Total area: 112,090 km2; land area: 111,890 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Tennessee
_#_Land boundaries: 1,520 km total; Guatemala 256 km, El Salvador 342
km, Nicaragua 922 km
_#_Coastline: 820 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 24 nm;
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation;
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm;