Description
Heard Island is one of the Sub Antarctic islands located in the southern Indian Ocean, approximately 1,550 kilometers (963 miles) north of the Antarctica continent. The island is part of the Kerguelen Plateau, a submerged feature on the seafloor. The plateau was formed when large amounts of volcanic rock erupted over a geologically short time period. The northeastern slopes of a volcano are visible in shadow at the lower right of the image.
Sites for
Heard Island
- Cave (moss), Heard Island
Diatom taxa found in
Heard Island
- Muelleria lototskayae
See: Overview maps
Image courtesy of the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and the Image Science & Analysis Labora
