Gebietsveränderung

Heard and McDonald Islands: United Kingdom → Australia (cession)

1947 · Heard and McDonald Islands

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Wann
1947
Art
Gebietsveränderung
Position
Heard and McDonald Islands
Koordinaten
53.10° S, 73.50° E
Process
cession
Type
Cession (part yielded to other entity)
Pop
0
Area km2
412
Gaining
Australia
Losing
United Kingdom

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Heard Island and McDonald Islands

External territory of Australia

The Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands is an Australian external territory in the southern Indian Ocean. Discovered in the mid-19th century, the territory is a group of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands that lie on the Kerguelen Plateau. It is about 4000 kilometres (2500 mi) south-west of the Australian mainland and 1700 kilometres (1100 mi) north of Antarctica.

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