The Heard and McDonald Islands is a World Heritage site in Australia defined by the UNESCO in 1997 and definitely a recommended natural sightseeing location.
It is on position 655 (751, 339) in our monthly survey..
"Heard Island and McDonald Islands are located in the Southern Ocean, approximately 1,700 km from the Antarctic continent and 4,100 km south-west of Perth. As the only volcanically active subantarctic islands they ‘open a window into the earth’, thus providing the opportunity to observe ongoing geomorphic processes and glacial dynamics. The distinctive conservation value of Heard and McDonald – one of the world’s rare pristine island ecosystems – lies in the complete absence of alien plants and animals, as well as human impact."
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