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This gallery provides snap shots of the awesome landscape,
spectacular and abundant wildlife,
unexpectedly lush vegetation and cultural
heritage items remaining from early human visitation of Heard
Island and McDonald Islands.
Click on one of the small images below to access a range of other
images related to your topic of interest.
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Big Ben. Photo by L. Large
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See glaciers, mountainous volcanoes, icy lagoons, rugged cliffs and vegetated coastal margins...
> More information is available in the Landforms pages in the Nature section
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King Penguins. Photo by E. McIvor
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Meet the locals, from the graceful black-browed albatross
to the imposing southern elephant seal...
> More information is available in the Animals pages
in the Nature section |
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Poa kerguelensis. Photo by R. Kirkwood
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No trees, but plenty of 'mega herbs' and other vegetation
on show in a wide variety of settings around the island...
> More information is available in the Plants pages
in the Nature section |
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Sealers' try pots. Photo by E. Woehler
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Artefacts and structures remaining on Heard Island from
the 19th century sealing era and from the first Australian
National Antarctic Research Expedition...
> More information is available on the Cultural Heritage page
in the History section |
You may be able to order copies of HIMI images from the Multi Media Unit of the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) or from the individual photographers - go to the Contact Us page and select Images as your area of interest. The AAD will, if it holds the copyright, be able to supply the image, whereas if copyright remains with the photographer you will be sent the contact details.
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