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	{{Use Australian English\|date=January 2012}}
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	{{Infobox islands
	\| name = Heard Island
	\| image name = ISS018-E-038182 lrg.jpg\|left\|thumb\|
	\| image caption = Satellite image of the southern tip of Heard Island. ] is seen on the left side of the image, with ] just above and ] just below. ] and ] are seen at the lower right side of the image.
	\| locator map = Kerguelen-Location.JPG\|thumb
	\| map caption = Location of Heard and McDonald Islands
	\| nickname = HIMI
	\| location = ]
	\| additional info = {{designation list \| embed=yes
	\| designation1 = WHS
	\| designation1_offname = Heard and McDonald Islands
	\| designation1_date = 1997 <small>(21st ])</small>
	\| designation1_type = Natural
	\| designation1_criteria = viii, ix
	\| designation1_number =
	\| designation1_free1name = State Party
	\| designation1_free1value = ]
	\| designation1_free2name = Region
	\| designation1_free2value = ]
	}}
	\| coordinates = {{coord\|53\|06\|00\|S\|73\|31\|00\|E\|display=inline}}
	\| archipelago = Heard Island and McDonald Islands
	\| total islands =
	\| major islands = 2
	\| area_km2 = 368
	\| length_km =
	\| width_km =
	\| highest mount = ]
	\| elevation_m = 2745
	\| population = 0
	\| population as of = 1 January 2011
	\| density_km2 = 0
	\| ethnic groups = 0
	\| country = {{AUS}}
	}}

	The '''Heard Island and McDonald Islands'''<ref name="CIA World Factbook 2009">''CIA World Factbook.'' Accessed 2009.01.04.</ref> (abbreviated as '''HIMI'''<ref name="abbr">{{cite web
	\| author=Commonwealth of Australia
	\| title=About Heard Island – Human Activities
	\| url=http://www.heardisland.aq/about/human_activities.html
	\| accessdate=21 October 2006
	}}{{dead link\|date=July 2012}}</ref>) are an Australian ] and ] of barren ] islands, about two-thirds of the way from ] to Antarctica. The group's overall size is {{convert\|372\|km2\|sqmi\|0}} in area and it has {{convert\|101.9\|km\|mi\|0\|abbr=on}} of coastline. Discovered in the mid-19th century, they have been territories of Australia since 1947 and contain the only two active ]es in Australian territory, the summit of one of which, ], is higher than any mountain on the Australian mainland. They lie on the ] in the ].

	The islands are among the ]: They are located approximately {{convert\|4099\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} southwest of ], ],<ref></ref> {{convert\|3845\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} southwest of ], ], {{convert\|4200\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} southeast of ], {{convert\|3830\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} southeast of ], {{convert\|1630\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} north of Antarctica, and {{convert\|450\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} southeast of ].<ref></ref> The islands are currently uninhabited.

	== See also ==
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	* {{wikipedia books link\|Australia}}
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	== Notes ==
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	== References ==
	* {{cite book \| last = LeMasurier \| first = W. E. \| coauthors = Thomson, J. W. (eds.) \| title = Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans \| publisher = ] \| year = 1990 \| pages = 512 pp \| isbn = 0-87590-172-7 }}

	== Further reading ==
	* Australian Government. (2005) "Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Management Plan". Australian Antarctic Division: Kingston (Tas). ISBN 1-876934-08-5.
	* Green, Ken and Woehler Eric. (2006) ''Heard Island: Southern Ocean Sentinel''. Chipping Norton: Surrey Beatty and Sons.
	* Scholes, Arthur. (1949) ''Fourteen men; story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition to Heard Island''. Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire.
	* Smith, Jeremy. (1986) ''Specks in the Southern Ocean''. Armidale: University of New England Press. ISBN 0-85834-615-X

	== External links ==
	{{Wiktionary}}
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	* Click here to see a map of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, including all major topographical features
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	* {{dmoz\|Regional/Polar_Regions/Antarctic/Heard_and_McDonald_Islands}}
	* {{wikiatlas\|Heard Island and McDonald Islands}}
	* of Heard Island and McDonald Island with high quality limited copyright images.
	* , taken 30 September 2004 and showing a ] ] in the clouds, caused by Mawson Peak's effect on the wind
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	* with further historical and geographic information and a map

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