Heard Island

French Southern Territories / Kerguelen / Port-aux-Francais /
 island, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Heard Island is a 368 km2 bleak and mountainous island. It is part of the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands of Australia. Its main mountain is Big Ben with its Mawson Peak.
Mawson Peak is a peak on Heard Island, an Australian territory in the Southern Ocean. It is the highest peak in any state or territory of Australia. An active complex volcano, Mawson Peak is the summit of the Big Ben massif. It was named by the 1948 ANARE Heard Island Expedition after Sir Douglas Mawson, the leader of BANZARE 1929-31, who visited the island in November-December 1929.
World heritage site since 1997
Elevation 2,745 metres (9,006 feet)

Heard Island is part of Australia.

Offical website: www.heardisland.aq/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heard_Island_and_McDonald_Islands
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Coordinates:   53°4'42"S   73°30'44"E

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