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<text>
<title>
Heard Island and McDonald Isl: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: in the Indian Ocean, 4,100 km southwest of Australia
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 412 km2</l>
<l> land area: 412 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly less than 2.5 times the size of
Washington, DC</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: 0 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 101.9 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 3 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: antarctic
</p>
<p>Terrain: Heard Island - bleak and mountainous, with an extinct
volcano; McDonald Islands - small and rocky
</p>
<p>Natural resources: none
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 0%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 0%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 0%</l>
<l> other: 100%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 0 km2
</p>
<p>Environment: primarily used for research stations
</p></body></article></text>