Plan a trip to Heard Island & McDonald Islands

Places to see in Heard Island & McDonald Islands

12 of the 16 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Heard IslandUNESCO

  Island

  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.

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  Sail RockUNESCO

  Island

  Sail Rock is a rock lying 1 nautical mile northwest of Shag Island and 7 nautical miles north of Heard Island. This rock, though positioned several miles too far westward, appears to have been first shown on an 1860 sketch map compiled by Captain H.C.

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  Drury RockUNESCO

  Island

  Drury Rock is a rock, about 37 metres (120 ft) high, lying 0.3 nautical miles (0.6 km) south-southeast of Shag Island and 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Heard Island.

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• Morgan IslandUNESCO

  Island

  Morgan Island is a small island while also being the largest feature in a group of islands located 1 nautical mile (2 km) east of Cape Bidlingmaier, off the north side of Heard Island in the Indian Ocean.

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  Mawson Peak

  Mountain

  Mawson Peak is an active volcanic summit of the Big Ben volcanic massif on Heard Island, an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean.

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  Anzac Peak

  Mountain

  Anzac Peak is a 715-metre-high (2,346 ft) volcano on the Laurens Peninsula of Heard Island in the Southern Ocean. It lies to the northwest of Mawson Peak.

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  Atlas Cove

  Beach

  Atlas Cove is a cove on the north coast of Heard Island and McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean, and is entered between the base of the Laurens Peninsula and Rogers Head.

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  Corinthian Bay

  Beach

  Corinthian Bay is a bay, which is 3 miles (5 km) wide and recedes 1.5 miles (2.4 km), entered between Rogers Head and Saddle Point on the north coast of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. The name appears on an early chart compiled by American sealers.

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  Gotley Glacier

  Landmark

  Gotley Glacier is a well-defined glacier, 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, descending from the ice-covered slopes of the Big Ben massif to the southwest side of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean. Its terminus is located between Cape Arkona and Cape Labuan.

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• Little Matterhorn

  Mountain

  Little Matterhorn is a rocky peak, 1,480 metres (4,860 ft) high, formed by a small volcanic cone 1.1 nautical miles (2 km) north-northwest of Fremantle Peak, on the north flank of Big Ben, the dominating mountain on Heard Island.

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• Mount Drygalski

  Mountain

  Mount Drygalski is an ice-free hill, 210 metres (700 ft) high, standing 0.7 nautical miles southeast of Atlas Cove, near the northwest end of Heard Island in the southern Indian Ocean.

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• Spit Bay

  Beach

  Spit Bay is an open bight formed by the northeast coastline of Heard Island and Spit Point, the east extremity of the island.

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