of age
Military manpower-availability:
males age 15-49: 1,490,464 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service:
males: 807,330 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually:
males: 75,448 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $NA; note-mainly for police and
security activities
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: NA%
@Haiti:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: claims US-administered Navassa Island
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for cocaine and marijuana en route
to the US and Europe
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HEARD ISLAND AND MCDONALD ISLANDS
(territory of Australia)
@Heard Island and McDonald Islands:Geography
Location: Southern Africa, islands in the Indian Ocean, about
two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica
Geographic coordinates: 53 06 S, 72 31 E
Map references: Antarctic Region
Area:
total: 412 sq km
land: 412 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Area-comparative: slightly more than 2 times the size of Washington,
DC
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 101.9 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 3 nm
Climate: antarctic
Terrain: Heard Island-bleak and mountainous, with a quiescent volcano;
McDonald Islands-small and rocky
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: Big Ben 2,745 m
Natural resources: none
Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 0%
forests and woodland: 0%
other: 100%
Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1993)
Natural hazards: Heard Island is dominated by a dormant volcano called
Big Ben
Environment-current issues: NA
Environment-international agreements:
party to: NA
signed, but not ratified: NA
Geography-note: primarily used for research stations
@Heard Island and McDonald Islands:People
Population: uninhabited
@Heard Island and McDonald Islands:Government
Country name:
conventional long form: Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands
conventional short form: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Data code: HM
Dependency status: territory of Australia; administered from Canberra
by the Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories
Legal system: NA
Diplomatic representation in the US: none (territory of Australia)
Diplomatic representation from the US: none (territory of Australia)
Flag description: the flag of Australia is used
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