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Heard Island

[hurd]
–noun
an island belonging to Australia, in the S Indian Ocean. 159 sq. mi. (412 sq. km).
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Heard Island   (hûrd)   
An island of the southern Indian Ocean near the coast of Antarctica. First discovered by an American navigator in 1853, it was placed under Australian administration in 1947.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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