Seven seas (open ocean)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Heard Island and McDonald Islands covers about 395 km² (152 mi²), the 205th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 395km²Area, main territory
- No permanent populationPopulation
- 0.01In Belgiums
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- Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Facts
| Area, main territory | 395 km²152 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 368 km²Wikidata · 7.3% below our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.01 |
| Population | No permanent populationNatural Earth, 2019 |
| Density | – people per km² |
| Latitude range | 53°S to 53°S |
| In other languages | Islas Heard y McDonald Español · Heard und McDonaldinseln Deutsch · Îles Heard-et-MacDonald Français · Ilhas Heard e McDonald Português · ハード島とマクドナルド諸島 日本語 · 赫德岛和麦克唐纳群岛 中文 · 허드 맥도널드 제도 한국어 |
| Continent | Seven seas (open ocean) |
What the numbers say about Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 42,999× the size of Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
- On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 53°S is drawn about 2.8× too large in area, so Heard Island and McDonald Islands looks bigger there than it is.
- Laid out flat, Heard Island and McDonald Islands's main territory stretches about 25 km north to south and 39 km east to west.
- Our measured 395 km² is 7.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 368 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Heard Island and McDonald Islands measures up
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 395 km² | 202nd of 239 |
| Compared with | Its area | Heard Island and McDonald Islands is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 617 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 906 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 946 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 1,387 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 7,979 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 21,455 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 23,923 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 42,999 its size |
Where Heard Island and McDonald Islands sits
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands's centre lies at 53.1°S, 73.5°E, in the southern and eastern hemispheres, about 5,900 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 53°S to 53°S, about 30 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Natural Earth, 2019; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11