Islands
Heard Island & McDonald Islands

Heard Island

The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands is an Australian external territory comprising a volcanic group of mostly barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from to Antarctica.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Also known as: “Heard’s Island”, “Herd’s Island”, and “Hurds Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Separation and Mawson Peak.

Peak
is a rocky peak, 1,480 m, standing 1 nautical mile northeast of on the northeast flank of , the dominating mountain on Heard Island.

Volcano
is an active volcanic summit of the massif on , an external Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. With an elevation of 2,745 metres, it is the third highest peak in any state, territory or claimed territory of …

Peak
is a peak, 2,415 metres high, standing 1.2 nautical miles northeast of , the summit of Heard Island. It was surveyed in 1948 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions, who named it for Group-Captain Stuart Campbell, Royal Australian Air Force.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cape Bidlingmaier and Saddle Point.

Locality
is a rocky cape at the east side of the entrance to , on the north side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The feature appears to have been known to American sealers as Morgan's Point, as shown by Captain H.C. is situated 8 km north of Heard Island.

Locality
is a rocky point separating and on the north coast of in the . The terminus of is located at the eastern side of Corinthian Bay, close west to . is situated 9 km northwest of Heard Island.

Heard Island

Latitude
-53.0831° or 53° 4′ 59″ south
Longitude
73.56399° or 73° 33′ 50″ east
Elevation
2,197 metres (7,208 feet)
Open location code
3JRMWH87+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 188546159
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1547315
Wiki­data ID
Q1592377
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Turkish—“Heard Island” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Enez Heard”
  • Catalan: “Heard”
  • Cebuano: “Heard Island”
  • Chinese: “赫德岛”
  • Czech: “Heardův ostrov”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Heard”
  • French: “île Heard”
  • French: “Île Heard”
  • Georgian: “ჰერდის კუნძული”
  • German: “Heard Island”
  • German: “Heard-Insel”
  • German: “Heard”
  • Italian: “Isola Heard”
  • Japanese: “ハード島”
  • Latin: “Insula Heard”
  • Latvian: “Hērda sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Herdo sala”
  • Norwegian: “Heardøya”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Heard”
  • Russian: “Остров Херд”
  • Russian: “Херд (остров, Австралия)”
  • Russian: “Херд”
  • Slovak: “Heardov ostrov (ostrov)”
  • Slovak: “Heardov ostrov”
  • Slovenian: “Heardov otok”
  • Swedish: “Heard Island”
  • Turkish: “Heard Adası”
  • Turkish: “Heard Island”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Heard Island”. Photo: Tristannew, CC BY-SA 4.0.