Heard Island and McDonald Islands GIS data sources
- Region
- Seven seas (open ocean)
- ISO 3166
- HM · HMD
- Sources
- 3
- Themes
- 5
- Last verified
Where to download GIS data for Heard Island and McDonald Islands: 3 sources across 5 themes, led by Australian Antarctic Division and Australian Antarctic Data Centre. 1 offers vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON, 1 covers elevation. 2 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.
Country atlases
National and OpenStreetMap sources for Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Boundaries & admin 1
Administrative boundary data for every country-
AADC map catalogue (opens in a new tab)
Download Cost: FreeAustralian Antarctic Data Centre
Topographic and thematic maps of Heard Island and other Antarctic/sub-Antarctic areas.
- Boundaries & admin
- Elevation / DEM
Verified
Environment 1
Environmental and protected area data for every country-
Heard Island and McDonald Islands (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeAustralian Antarctic Division
Official site for the territory and Marine Reserve, including maps and management plan.
- Environment
Verified
Open data portal 1
Open geospatial data portals for every country-
Australian Antarctic Data Centre (opens in a new tab)
Portal Cost: FreeAustralian Antarctic Division
Holds Heard Island and McDonald Islands coastline, glacier, topographic and marine reserve datasets.
- Open data portal
- Environment
- Marine & coastal
- Boundaries & admin
Verified
Global datasets that cover Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Worldwide and continental layers that include Heard Island and McDonald Islands, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.
- Boundaries & admin
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- GADM (opens in a new tab) GADM project · Non-commercial only · Free · Verified
- geoBoundaries (opens in a new tab) William & Mary geoLab · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Natural Earth (opens in a new tab) Natural Earth · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Elevation / DEM
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- Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA) (opens in a new tab) Polar Geospatial Center (University of Minnesota) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ALOS World 3D 30 m (AW3D30) (opens in a new tab) JAXA · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Copernicus DEM (GLO-30 / GLO-90) (opens in a new tab) ESA / Airbus (Copernicus) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Imagery
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- AlphaEarth Foundations Satellite Embeddings (annual, COG mirror) (opens in a new tab) Google and Google DeepMind (mirror by Taylor Geospatial on Source Cooperative) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ASF Data Search (Vertex) (opens in a new tab) Alaska Satellite Facility · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem (opens in a new tab) European Space Agency / European Commission · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Land cover
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- Copernicus Global Dynamic Land Cover (CGLS-LC100) (opens in a new tab) Copernicus Land Monitoring Service · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Dynamic World (opens in a new tab) Google / World Resources Institute · Open licence · Free · Verified
- ESA CCI Land Cover (opens in a new tab) European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Buildings
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- Microsoft Global ML Building Footprints (opens in a new tab) Microsoft · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Population
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- Global Human Settlement Layer (opens in a new tab) European Commission JRC · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Gridded Population of the World (GPWv4) (opens in a new tab) CIESIN, Columbia University / NASA SEDAC · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Kontur Population (opens in a new tab) Kontur · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Marine & coastal
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- Copernicus Marine Service (opens in a new tab) Mercator Ocean International (Copernicus) · Open licence · Free with registration · Verified
- Global Fishing Watch datasets (opens in a new tab) Global Fishing Watch · Non-commercial only · Free with registration · Verified
- Marine Regions (maritime boundaries and EEZ) (opens in a new tab) Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) · Open licence · Free · Verified
- Environment
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- GBIF occurrence API (opens in a new tab) Global Biodiversity Information Facility · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Key Biodiversity Areas (opens in a new tab) KBA Partnership / BirdLife International · Non-commercial only · Free with registration · Verified
- OpenAQ (opens in a new tab) OpenAQ · Provider terms / varies · Free with registration · Verified
- Open data portal
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- Registry of Open Data on AWS (opens in a new tab) Amazon Web Services · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Humanitarian Data Exchange (opens in a new tab) UN OCHA · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
- Source Cooperative (opens in a new tab) Radiant Earth · Provider terms / varies · Free · Verified
Tutorials that use this kind of data
- Getting started with GeoPandas: projections, spatial joins and choropleth maps Beginner
- Terrain analysis in Python: stream, clip and analyse a DEM with rasterio and rioxarray Intermediate
- Sentinel-1 ship detection in Python: a CA-CFAR detector off the Port of Rotterdam Intermediate
- Burn severity mapping with Sentinel-2 and dNBR in Python (Saddleworth Moor 2018) Intermediate
Neighbouring countries
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands GIS data 2 sources
- Antarctica GIS data 10 sources