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Geography
Total area: 412 km2; land area: 412 km2.
Comparative area: slightly less than 2.5 times the size
of Washington, DC.
Land boundaries: none.
Coastline: 101.9 km.
Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 12 nm;
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploration;
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm;
Territorial sea: 3 nm.
Climate: antarctic.
Terrain: Heard Island--bleak and mountainous, with an extinct
volcano; McDonald Islands--small and rocky.
Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows
and pastures; 0% forest and woodland; 100% other.
Environment: primarily used as research stations.
Note: located 4,100 km southwest of Australia in the southern
Indian Ocean.