The Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC) is the part of the Australian Antarctic Division responsible for storing, managing and providing access to data resulting from the Australian Antarctic program’s activities in the Antarctic and subantarctic.
This includes a vast amount of data on the Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HIMI) region, which ranges from maps and records of scientific publications to metadata (data about data!).
Much of this data is freely available to the public via the AADC website.
By clicking on the links below you can search the AADC's databases for data relating to the HIMI region.
Gazetteer
Place names in the Heard Island region, with descriptive information about their location and origin.
Map catalogue
Search for maps from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) map catalogue.
- Heard Island map series
- Australian maps covering the Heard region: large scale (up to 100,000); medium scale (100,000 to 250,000); or small scale (above 250,000)
- Maps (from all countries) covering the Heard region: large scale (up to 100,000); medium scale (100,000 to 250,000); or small scale (above 250,000)
GIS downloads
Heard Island and McDonald Islands spatial data for use in a geographical information system (GIS) and the Heard Island bathymetry and boundaries spatial data.
State of environment indicators
Environmental indicators used to monitor and report on the state of the environment in the Heard Island region, as part of the Australian Antarctic Division's System for Indicator Management and Reporting (SIMR).
Antarctic program publications
Use the Australian Antarctic Program publications database to search for publications and published articles relating to the Heard Island region.
AAS projects
Public summaries of all current and previous Australian Antarctic Science (AAS) projects in the Heard Island region.
Antarctic artefacts
Details of artefacts recorded at Heard Island.
Biodiversity
- Heard Island species checklist.
- Search for species observations
- Species seen: fauna; flora; or all in the region.