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  2. Heard Island and McDonald Islands - Wikipedia

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    Heard Island is a heavily glaciated, subantarctic volcanic island located in the Southern Ocean, roughly 4,000 km (2,200 nmi) southwest of Australia. 80% of the island is covered in ice, with glaciers descending from 2,400 m (7,900 ft) to sea level. [46]

  3. Geography of the Heard and McDonald Islands - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Australian marine parks - Wikipedia

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    The Heard Island and McDonald Islands are located in the southern Indian Ocean, approximately 4,100 kilometres south-west of Perth, Western Australia. The marine reserve covers an area of approximately 71,200 km 2 (27,500 sq mi). [25]

  5. 8 of the best beaches in Australia - AOL

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    For a very long stroll or a thrilling four-wheel drive adventure at low tide, Seventy-Five Mile Beach is an oasis of white dunes fringing the rainforests and freshwater lakes of Fraser Island just ...

  6. Big Ben (Heard Island) - Wikipedia

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    Big Ben is the large massif to the bottom right (southeast) of this image of Heard Island, from NASA WorldWind. Big Ben formed about one million years ago. [5] Volcanic activity at the cone has been known since 1881. An eruption occurred in 1993. [6] Satellite images detected eruptions during 2000.

  7. 8 of the best beaches in Australia - AOL

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  8. Gilchrist Beach - Wikipedia

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    Gilchrist Beach) is a rocky beach, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) long, lying west of Compton Glacier on the north side of Heard Island. At its eastern edge, Gilchrist Beach communicates with the sandy Fairchild Beach. Travelling eastwards from Gilchrist Beach to Fairchild Beach, one arrives at the base of Round Hill.

  9. McDonald Islands - Wikipedia

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    They are located about 75 km from Heard Island. 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. The ...

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