McDonald Islands
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The McDonald Islands are a remote, uninhabited group of volcanic islands in the southern Indian Ocean that form part of the Australian external territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
island group
ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ |
| access | by ship only ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Australian Antarctic Division NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Australian Antarctic Territory region (broad sense) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | subantarctic maritime climate ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| countryCode | AU ⓘ |
| currency | Australian dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Captain William McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1854 ⓘ |
| distanceToHeardIsland | about 44 km west of Heard Island ⓘ |
| elevation | 230 m ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | Australian external territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicalOrigin | volcanic ⓘ |
| governedUnder | Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCapital | none ⓘ |
| hasHighestPoint | Maxwell Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIsland |
Flat Island
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meyer Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | none official locally (administered from Australia) ⓘ |
| hasMainIsland | McDonald Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNo |
airstrips
ⓘ
permanent human settlement ⓘ ports ⓘ |
| importantFor | conservation of subantarctic ecosystems ⓘ |
| inhabited | no ⓘ |
| legalStatus | Australian external territory ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
southern Indian Ocean
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
subantarctic region ⓘ |
| namedAfter | William McDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| population | 0 ⓘ |
| protectedStatus |
IUCN Category Ia protected area
ⓘ
nature reserve ⓘ |
| region | Southern Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seaSurrounding | Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| territoryOf | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+5 ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | World Heritage Site component ⓘ |
| volcanicActivity | active ⓘ |
| volcanoType | shield volcano ⓘ |
| worldHeritageDesignationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| worldHeritageSiteWith | Heard Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.