Heard Island and McDonald Islands are located in the Southern Ocean, approximately 1,700 km from the Antarctic continent and 4,100 km south-west of Perth. As the only volcanically active sub antarctic islands they ‘open a window into the earth’, thus providing the opportunity to observe ongoing geomorphic processes and glacial dynamics. The distinctive conservation value of Heard and McDonald – one of the world’s rare pristine island ecosystems – lies in the complete absence of alien plants and animals, as well as human impact.
Date of Inscription: 1997
Ref: 577rev (Unesco.Org)
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u Liz for the magnificent heritage site card and beautiful stamps.
2017 Stamp- Shipwrecks-Zuytdorp
2018 Stamp- The 150th Anniversary of the End of Convict Transport to Australia
2017 Stamp-Fair Dinkum Aussie Alphabet
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