Heard Island and McDonald Islands
E161090
Heard Island and McDonald Islands are remote, uninhabited subantarctic volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean that form an external territory of Australia and are recognized for their harsh climate and unique wildlife.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heard Island | 5 |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands canonical | 5 |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands Territory | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T804395 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Heard Island and McDonald Islands Context triple: [Haredi Jews, populationCenter, Heard Island and McDonald Islands]
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A.
Austral Islands
The Austral Islands are a remote archipelago in the southern part of French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean, known for their rugged landscapes, traditional Polynesian culture, and relatively low levels of tourism.
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B.
Gough Island
Gough Island is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, renowned for its rugged terrain and globally important seabird colonies.
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C.
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a remote, largely glaciated sub-Antarctic archipelago in the Southern Ocean, known for their scientific research stations and overlapping territorial claims by the United Kingdom and Chile.
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D.
Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha is a remote volcanic island group in the South Atlantic Ocean, known as one of the world’s most isolated inhabited archipelagos and a British Overseas Territory.
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E.
Kerguelen Islands
The Kerguelen Islands are a remote, sub-Antarctic French archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, known for their harsh climate, rugged volcanic landscape, and scientific research stations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Heard Island and McDonald Islands Target entity description: Heard Island and McDonald Islands are remote, uninhabited subantarctic volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean that form an external territory of Australia and are recognized for their harsh climate and unique wildlife.
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A.
Austral Islands
The Austral Islands are a remote archipelago in the southern part of French Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean, known for their rugged landscapes, traditional Polynesian culture, and relatively low levels of tourism.
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B.
Gough Island
Gough Island is a remote, uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, renowned for its rugged terrain and globally important seabird colonies.
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C.
South Orkney Islands
The South Orkney Islands are a remote, largely glaciated sub-Antarctic archipelago in the Southern Ocean, known for their scientific research stations and overlapping territorial claims by the United Kingdom and Chile.
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D.
Tristan da Cunha
Tristan da Cunha is a remote volcanic island group in the South Atlantic Ocean, known as one of the world’s most isolated inhabited archipelagos and a British Overseas Territory.
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E.
Kerguelen Islands
The Kerguelen Islands are a remote, sub-Antarctic French archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, known for their harsh climate, rugged volcanic landscape, and scientific research stations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
external territory of Australia
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subantarctic islands ⓘ volcanic islands ⓘ |
| access | by permit only ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Australian Antarctic Division
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Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water ⓘ
surface form:
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Australia)
|
| BigBenContains | Mawson Peak ⓘ |
| capital | — ⓘ |
| climate | subantarctic oceanic climate ⓘ |
| climateCharacteristics |
cold
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frequent storms ⓘ high precipitation ⓘ windy ⓘ |
| continent | Antarctica ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | sealers ⓘ |
| discoveryCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| exclusiveEconomicZone | Australia ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint | Mawson Peak ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Heard Island
McDonald Islands ⓘ |
| hasPermanentPopulation | no ⓘ |
| highestElevation | 2813 m ⓘ |
| ISO3166Code | HM ⓘ |
| knownFor |
active glaciation
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active volcanism ⓘ harsh climate ⓘ unique wildlife ⓘ |
| legalStatus | Australian external territory ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
southern Indian Ocean
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subantarctic region ⓘ |
| mainIsland |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Heard Island
|
| majorWildlife |
albatrosses
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penguins ⓘ seabird colonies ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| marineProtectedAreaSize | over 650,000 km² ⓘ |
| permanentResearchStations | no ⓘ |
| protectedStatus |
marine protected area
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strict nature reserve ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Australia ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+5 ⓘ |
| topLevelDomain | .hm ⓘ |
| UNESCOSiteType | natural ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 1997 ⓘ |
| uninhabited | true ⓘ |
| volcanismType | active volcanoes ⓘ |
| volcanoName |
Great Bell
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surface form:
Big Ben
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Subject: Heard Island and McDonald Islands Description of subject: Heard Island and McDonald Islands are remote, uninhabited subantarctic volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean that form an external territory of Australia and are recognized for their harsh climate and unique wildlife.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.