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Heard Island and McDonald Islands in the Southern Ocean A map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands. Heard Island, by far the largest of the group, is a 368-square-kilometre (142 sq mi) mountainous island covered by 41 glaciers [22] (the island is 80% covered with ice [2]) and dominated by the Big Ben massif.
McDonald Island is the largest of the islands, at around 1 square kilometre (250 acres) in area. It has been the main focus of volcanic activity in recent times. Prior to 1996, McDonald Island had been a flat green island whose pumice beaches provided a great nesting area for penguin breeding.
Map of Heard and McDonald Islands Map of the islands. The geography of the Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) refers to the geography of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, one of the most remote places on earth. The islands belong to Australia and are located 4,000 kilometres (2,485.5 mi) southwest of the mainland in the Southern Ocean.
John of Islay (or John MacDonald) (Scottish Gaelic: Eòin Mac Dòmhnuill or Scottish Gaelic: Iain mac Aonghais Mac Dhòmhnuill) (died 1386) was the lord of the Isles (1336–1386) and chief of Clan Donald. In 1336, he styled himself Dominus Insularum ('Lord of the Isles'), although this was not the first ever recorded instance of the title in ...
John of Islay (or John MacDonald) (1434–1503), Earl of Ross, fourth (and last) Lord of the Isles, and Mac Domhnaill (chief of Clan Donald), was a pivotal figure in late medieval Scotland: specifically in the struggle for power with James Stewart, James III of Scotland, in the remoter formerly Norse-dominated regions of the kingdom.
McDonald Island or MacDonald Island may refer to McDonald Islands, part of Heard Island and McDonald Islands group, a remote territory administered by Australia in the southern Indian Ocean; McDonald Island (California), in San Joaquin County on the San Joaquin River; McDonald Island (Ontario), in the St. Lawrence River; MacDonald Island, in ...
After they arrived in North Uist, the local tacksman of the island's landlord, the Chief of Clan MacDonald of Sleat, granted Donald and Marion Ferguson a croft in the township of Claddach Baleshare. Unfortunately, Donald and Marion Ferguson had only girls, fell into arrears, and were evicted from their croft. The tacksman then moved the ...
Donald A. MacDonald (c. 1849 –1884), Canadian farmer, member of the Prince Edward Island legislature Donald Alexander Macdonald (1817–1896), Canadian politician and lieutenant governor of Ontario Donald C. MacDonald (1913–2008), Canadian politician, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party and the Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth ...