Population: Uninhabited: Intermittently inhabited by scientific researchers.

Area (Heard Island): 368km² or 142mi²
Area (McDonald Island): 1 km² or 0.3mi²

Currency: N/A

Official Language: No official Language but English mainly spoken.

Political Information: Territory of Austrailia

Official Religion: No Official Religion

Highest Mountain: Mawson Peak on Big Ben volcano at 2,745m or 9,006ft

Largest River:

Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +5:00

 

 

Wildlife:

 

 

 

Leaders: Territory of Australia; administered from Canberra by the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

 

 

Additional: Australian control of the islands gained in 1947 from Britain. The islands are now world heritage sites and left as nature reserves.

 

Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannicaand Austrailian governments Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities website (http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mpa/heard/index.html)