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Even if you could get to Australia's most remote island, chances are you still wouldn't quite see it. The little-known landmass, Heard Island, hides in dense cloud for around 360 days a year.
From Tasmania to the Torres Strait, Australia and its external territories comprise 8,222 islands scattered throughout the ...
The Trump administration hit the remote Australian territory Heard Island and McDonald Islands with a 10% tariff, but no humans inhabit the islands.
The tongue-in-cheek website isn’t just good for a laugh — 100% of proceeds will be donated to WWF Australia, “to help protect the penguins of Heard Island and support broader conservation ...
In 2022, the uninhabited Heard Island and McDonald Islands reportedly exported goods valued at $1.4 million to the U.S., predominantly categorized under “machinery and electrical.” ...
Heard Island, though, is barren, icy and completely uninhabited - home to Australia's largest and only active volcano, Big Ben, and mostly covered by glaciers.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands are located in a remote part of the Indian Ocean, some 1,000 miles north of Antarctica and 2,400 miles southeast of Australia.
It was 70 years ago this week that an intrepid — yet ill-fated — group of scientists set sail for Heard Island. The tiny, wind-swept dot of land down in the Antarctic is a mere 368-square ...
A special place Heard Island and McDonald Islands are a crucial sanctuary for marine life in the Southern Ocean. The land and surrounding waters support a food chain ranging from tiny plankton to ...