Biodiversity Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HMD)
 
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Species Families Species Families
Marine 28 11 No
Freshwater No
Total 28 11 No
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Geography and Climate Heard and McDonald Is., located in Southern Africa, are islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. Area comparatively slightly more than 2 times the size of Washington, DC. Climate is antarctic. Terrain in Heard Island consists of bleak and mountainous, with a quiescent volcano; McDonald Island is small and rocky. Elevation extreme has the lowest point in Indian Ocean 0 m and highest point in Big Ben 2,745 m. Natural hazard in Heard Island is dominated by a dormant volcano called Big Ben. Geography—note: primarily used for research stations.

Ref.  Anonymous, 1999
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