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PRONUNCIATION OF HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

Heard and McDonald Islands  [hɜːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

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Heard and McDonald Islands is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heard and McDonald Islands

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

The Heard Island and McDonald Islands are an Australian external territory and volcanic group of barren Antarctic islands, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. The group's overall size is 372 square kilometres in area and it has 101.9 km of coastline. Discovered in the mid-19th century, they have been territories of Australia since 1947 and contain the only two active volcanoes in Australian territory, the summit of one of which, Mawson Peak, is higher than any mountain on the Australian mainland. They lie on the Kerguelen Plateau in the Indian Ocean. The islands are among the most remote places on Earth: They are located approximately 4,099 km southwest of Perth, Western Australia, 3,845 km southwest of Cape Leeuwin, Australia, 4,200 km southeast of South Africa, 3,830 km southeast of Madagascar, 1,630 km north of Antarctica, and 450 km southeast of Kerguelen. The islands are currently uninhabited.

Definition of Heard and McDonald Islands in the English dictionary

The definition of Heard and McDonald Islands in the dictionary is a group of islands in the S Indian Ocean: an external territory of Australia from 1947. Area: 412 sq km.

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bird
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bluebird
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blurred
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Byrd
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crossword
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deferred
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firebird
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heard
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herd
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hummingbird
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Hurd
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keyword
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nerd
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password
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preferred
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third
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thunderbird
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Verde
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS

British Virgin Islands
Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
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Keeling Islands
lands
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
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Northern Mariana Islands
Solomon Islands
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Virgin Islands

Synonyms and antonyms of Heard and McDonald Islands in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Heard and McDonald Islands» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

赫德和麦克唐纳群岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Islas Heard y McDonald
570 millions of speakers

English

Heard and McDonald Islands
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हर्ड और मैकडोनाल्ड आइलैंड्स
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سمعت وجزر ماكدونالد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Острова Херд и Макдональд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ilhas Heard e McDonald
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শুনেছি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Les îles Heard et McDonald
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendengar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heard und McDonald Inseln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マクドナルドとマクドナルド諸島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

허드 맥도날드 제도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Krungu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Heard và quần đảo McDonald
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கேள்விப்பட்டேன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऐकले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

duymuş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Heard e Isole McDonald
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hiszspania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Острови Херд і Макдональд
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Heard și Insulele McDonald
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Χερντ και Μακντόναλντ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Gehoor en McDonald Eilande
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Heardön och Mcdonaldöarna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Heard-og McDonald-øyene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Heard and McDonald Islands

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS»

The term «Heard and McDonald Islands» is quite widely used and occupies the 33.796 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Heard and McDonald Islands» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Heard and McDonald Islands» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Heard and McDonald Islands

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS»

Discover the use of Heard and McDonald Islands in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Heard and McDonald Islands and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Law of the Sea and Polar Maritime Delimitation and ...
This boundary runs between the Australian territory of Heard and McDonald Islands, and the French possession Kerguelen. Lying some 4100 kilometres southwest of Perth, far out in the south of the Indian Ocean. Heard and McDonald Islands ...
Alex G. Oude Elferink, Donald R. Rothwell, 2001
2
Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Forest reserves—Oregon McDonald Island (Heard and McDonald Islands) BT Islands—Heard and McDonald Islands McDonald Islands (Heard and McDonald Islands) McDonald Islands (Heard and McDonald Islands) UF McDonalds Rocks  ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2007
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Antarctic Earth Science
VOLCANIC EVOLUTION OF HEARD AND McDONALD ISLANDS, SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN I. Clarke1, Department of Earth Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, 3168. Australia. I. McDougall, Research School of Earth Sciences, ...
R. L. Oliver, P. R. James, J. B. Jago, 1983
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Deep Sea 2003: Conference reports
Unconfirmed reports state that when the Lena was arrested in February 2002 there were up to 12 vessels fishing illegally within, or just outside, the Heard and McDonald Islands AFZ. Based on the Lena's catch of almost 80 tonnes this equates ...
Ross Shotton, 2005
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Unique & Unspoilt: A Year Among the Natural Wonders of Heard ...
Powell, William and Suzanne Y. O'Reilly, Nature and evolution of the lithospheric mantle beneath Heard Island: fieldwork and preliminary results, poster presented at Australian Antarctic Division workshop 'Heard and McDonald Islands', ...
Bernadette Hince, 2011
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Encyclopedia of World Geography
TWO OF THE MOST isolated spots on the globe, the Heard and McDonald Islands have only been visited a few times, and much remains to be discovered about them. The islands are located at the bottom of the world, where the INDIAN  ...
R. W. McColl, 2005
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International Maritime Boundaries
The other scattered boundaries delimited in this period involved France and Mauritius dealing with Reunion, Australia and France concerned with Kerguelen and Heard and McDonald Islands, and Tanzania and its continental neighbors.
Jonathan I. Charney, David A. Colson, Lewis M. Alexander, 2005
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Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 59, 1973
... Islands by the Heard and McDonald Islands Act 1953. In 1968, the responsibility for the administration of this Act was transferred from the Minister for External Affairs to the Minister for Supply, and in 1972 the responsibility was transferred to ...
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 1967
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Official Year Book of Australia No. 60, 1974
The laws of the Australian Capital Territory were declared to be in force in the Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands by the Heard and McDonald Islands Act 1953. In 1968, the responsibility for the administration of this Act was  ...
Australian Bureau of Statistics
10
Encyclopedia of the Antarctic
The active vulcanism on both Heard and McDonald Islands is rare in the sub- Antarctic. The McDonald Islands lie approximately 40 nm to the west at 53 030 S, 72 360 E. Formerly three islands, volcanic activity since the 1990s has resulted in  ...
Beau Riffenburgh, 2007

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Heard and McDonald Islands is used in the context of the following news items.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch turns 15
Fished longline off the Heard and McDonald Islands off of Australia, Falkland Islands off Argentina and MacQuarie Island south of New Zealand ... «Los Angeles Times, May 15»
2
US icebreaker, Talleys ship on Antarctic rescue mission
... voyage, to fish around the Heard and McDonald Islands, an Australian territory two-thirds of the way between Madagascar and Antarctica. «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 15»
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Malaysia Airlines missing plane could be as far south as the Cocos …
The Heard and McDonald Islands were transferred to Australia by the UK in 1947. Described as among the remotest islands on earth, the ... «NEWS.com.au, Mar 14»

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