Maximum Extent
Maximum Extent (Interactive Map)

Data

Name: Heard Island and McDonald Islands

Type: Polity

Start: 1833 AD

End: 1947 AD

Parent: great britain

Statistics

All Statistics: All Statistics

Icon Heard Island and McDonald Islands

If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics

The Heard Island and McDonald Islands were discovered by the British in 1833.

Establishment

  • November 1833: The first person to possibly sight Heard Island was Peter Kemp, a British seal hunter who discovered it on November 27, 1833 while traveling on the Magnet from the Kerguelen Islands to Antarctica.

    • Chronology

    Interactive Chronologies with maps are available in the section Changes Navigation

    1. Events

  • December 1947: The Heard Island and McDonald Islands were transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia.

    • Disestablishment

  • December 1947: The Heard Island and McDonald Islands were transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia.

    • All Phersu Atlas Regions

    Africa

    Central AfricaCentral Africa

    Eastern AfricaEastern Africa

    North AfricaNorth Africa

    Southern AfricaSouthern Africa

    Western AfricaWestern Africa

    Americas

    CaribbeanCaribbean

    Central AmericaCentral America

    Northern AmericaNorthern America

    South AmericaSouth America

    Asia

    Central AsiaCentral Asia

    Eastern AsiaEastern Asia

    Indian SubcontinentIndian Subcontinent

    South-Eastern AsiaSouth-Eastern Asia

    Western AsiaWestern Asia

    Europe

    BalkansBalkans

    BalticBaltic

    British IslesBritish Isles

    CaucasusCaucasus

    Central EuropeCentral Europe

    Eastern EuropeEastern Europe

    France and BeneluxFrance and Benelux

    GreeceGreece

    Iberian PeninsulaIberian Peninsula

    Italian PeninsulaItalian Peninsula

    ScandinaviaScandinavia

    Oceania

    AustralasiaAustralasia

    Pacific IslandsPacific Islands