Population: uninhabited
@Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Government
Names:
conventional long form:
Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
conventional short form:
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Digraph:
HM
Type:
territory of Australia administered by the Ministry for Environment,
Sport, and Territories
Capital:
none; administered from Canberra, Australia
Independence:
none (territory of Australia)
@Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Economy
Overview: no economic activity
@Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Communications
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
@Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Defense Forces
Note: defense is the responsibility of Australia
@Holy See (Vatican City), Geography