Cool fact…

Volcanic activity in the last decade has caused McDonald Island to double in size, now covering about 2.5 square kilometres. Also, the previously separate McDonald and Flat Islands are now joined by a low isthmus.

Animal

Images of the abundant wildlife that calls Heard Island and McDonald Islands home…

Black-browed albatross

Black-browed albatross

Cape Petrels

Curious king penguin

Fur seal pup

Giant petrels

Heard Island Cormorant

Heard Island sheathbill

King (left) and gentoo (right) penguins

King penguin

King penguin

King penguin colony

King penguin colony

King penguin pair

King penguins

King penguins

King penguins

King penguins

Swimming king penguins

King penguins and Big Ben

King penguins and Lambeth Bluff

King Penguins at Heard Island

Light-mantled sooty albatross

Macaroni penguin

Male Southern Elephant Seal

Macaroni Penguin

Moulting gentoo penguin

Rockhopper penguin

Rockhopper Penguin

Rockhopper penguin chicks

Rockhopper penguins

Singing gentoo penguin

Snoozing fur seal pup

Southern elephant (front) and fur seal (back) pups

Southern Elephant Seal

Southern Elephant Seal close-up

Southern elephant seal huddle

Southern elephant seals

Antarctic fur seal

Antarctic fur seal pup

Subantarctic fur seal

Subantarctic Fur Seal

Subantarctic Fur Seal

Subantarctic skua

Subantarctic skua silhouetted against Big Ben

Two gentoo penguins

Wingless flies

Young southern elephant seals

This page was last modified on 28 February 2005.