Cool fact…

Heard Island and McDonald Islands are surface exposures of the Kerguelen Plateau which, at around 2 million square kilometres, is one of the largest oceanic plateaus in the world.

The Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Management Plan can be downloaded as a single large PDF file or as a series of four smaller PDF files.

You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer to view these files.

Complete Heard Island and McDonald Islands Marine Reserve Management Plan (PDF 8.5 MB)

Part 1 Introduction (PDF 550 KB)

Part 2 How the Reserve will be Managed (PDF 6 MB)

Part 3 Description of the Reserve (PDF 1 MB)

Part 4 Appendices and Bibliography (PDF 1 MB)

If you cannot access the Plan, or require a hard copy, please contact us.