Natures Game In Heard And Mcdonald Islands

Heard Island and McDonald Islands is situated in Antarctic islands. These two islands are actually a volcanic group of barren land. The barren land is of nearly two-thirds from Madagascar to Antarctica. As per the definition of Australia these two islands are in the southern Ocean. Found in the midst of 19th century these islands from 1947 are the territories of Australia. Mauson Peak is the tallest mountain in Australia and with this peak Australia has one more mountain where volcanoes occur.

This group is covers an area of 372 Sq Km that is somewhat 144 Square miles and has 101.9 Kilometres of coastline. The islands are totally empty. People do not live in these regions. Heard Island is covered with 80 percent of ice.

McDonald Islands are situated at a distance of 44 Kilometres that is of 27 miles to the west of Heard Island. Volcano could be found in this island as well. These two islands do not have any ports or harbours. These two islands possess the climate of Antarctica.

As the place is empty and volcano never stop to take revenge with this nature, no visitors visited at this place till the midst 1850s. Later, a British sealer whose name is Peter Kemp is the first to see the island. He spotted this island from the brig Magnet by traveling on a voyage on 27 November 1833 and is also believed that he entered the same island in the year 1833.

Later, Captain John Heard, an American sealer, saw the island on 25 November 1853. After discovering this island the name was given after the name of Captain John Heard. Six weeks later, Captain William McDonald discovered another island which was named after him as the McDonald Islands. Being Australia’s territory it was managed by the Department of the Environment and Water Resources of Australian Antarctic Division.

You can see huge amount of seal and bird species and even marine species. As there was no human habitation in these areas, scientists stayed by making temporary base on the Islands and the islands was assigned the country code HM in ISO 3166-1. From 1947 to 1955 there were no camps for the scientists to visit. From 1947 these islands are serving as the territories of Australia.

For visitors who are interested to go at this uncommon place here are some tips that you can enjoy. You can enjoy taking photographs and walk at the peak of the mountain. Those who love the adventure can take a very different experience here and even you can see the craters of volcano that was occurred in this island. The worth visiting site is the active volcano Big Ben and also the glacier on its slope.

For accommodations you will get Heard Island and McDonald Islands Apartment and also the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Vacation Rental. So do not think about the residence at all. Apart from this, you will even get hotels, cottages, condos and Timeshares, Motor homes and Yachts. You can even book the accommodations earlier so that you do not have to take any certain kind of tensions. All you need is to take a cruise or flight to Australia and start rocking. If you are sailing from Australia then it will take two consecutive weeks to reach up to the destination. One thing that you should know is that the voyages are very expensive and at present you won’t find any commercial tour operations to visit Heard Island. Yes you can reach by taking info about Australian-based companies who offer voyages.

The climate of these islands is very cold and harsh so keep a good amount of thick and warm clothes with you or you should go there at the time of summer so that you can manage yourself in the cold climate. Start your adventure with a pleasant mood as you are planning to reach at the new world where people do not reside.