🇭🇲 Flag: Heard & McDonald Islands emoji

The flag of Heard Island and McDonald Islands, uninhabited Australian external territories in the remote Southern Ocean. The flag uses the Australian flag as these territories are administered by Australia. The islands are among the most remote places on Earth and serve primarily as wildlife reserves and scientific research sites.

Heard Island and McDonald Islands are known for being virtually untouched wilderness, active volcanism (Big Ben on Heard Island), incredible subantarctic wildlife including king penguins and elephant seals, pristine marine ecosystems, no permanent human presence, and serving as important sites for climate and biological research in one of the world's most remote locations.

This emoji is used in discussions about Australian territories, remote wilderness, subantarctic wildlife, scientific research, or when referencing some of the world's most isolated and pristine environments, conservation research, and the importance of protecting untouched ecosystems.

Could also be called Heard Island flag, Australian territory flag or Remote island flag emoji.

Other meanings

Australian territory, remote islands, subantarctic wildlife, scientific research, pristine environment

Example Usage

The wildlife research on 🇭🇲 provides insights into pristine ecosystems

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Visual description

A rectangular flag showing the Australian flag, representing these remote uninhabited Australian territories in the Southern Ocean.

⚠️ Emoji appearance varies by platform.

Flag emojis are often drawn as a "wavy rectangle" with flat vertical lines and curved horizontal lines representing a flag in the wind. Some emoji sets use standard rectangles, rectangles with curved corners or circles.