Quality of life comparison

 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
compared to
 Heard Island and McDonald Islands

If you lived in Heard Island and McDonald Islands instead of Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), you would:

Geography

see 92.1% less coastline

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) has a total of 1,288 km of coastline. In Heard Island and McDonald Islands, that number is 102 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Heard Island and McDonald Islands: At a glance

Heard Island and McDonald Islands (sometimes abbreviated HIMI) is a sovereign country in Antarctica, with a total land area of approximately 412 sq km. The United Kingdom transferred these uninhabited, barren, sub-Antarctic islands to Australia in 1947. Populated by large numbers of seal and bird species, the islands have been designated a nature preserve.
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