Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Heard and McDonald Islands' has mentioned 'Volcano' in the following places:
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Big Ben Volcano and Mawson Peak are seen at the lower right side of the image.GeographyLocationIndian OceanMajor islands2Area368xc2xa0km2 (142xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Highestxc2xa0elevation2,745xc2xa0m (9006xc2xa0ft)Highestxc2xa0pointMawson PeakAdministrationxc2xa0AustraliaDemographicsPopulationUninhabited (2011) UNESCO World Heritage SiteCriteriaNatural: viii, ixReference577Inscription1997 (21st session)Area658,903 ha | WIKI |
[18] The volcano on McDonald Island, after being dormant for 75,000 years, became active in 1992 and has erupted several times since, the most recent in 2005. | WIKI |
Heard Island is dominated by Big Ben (an active volcano rising to a height of 2,745xc2xa0metres), and is largely covered by snow and glaciers. | UNESCO |
The only active sub-Antarctic volcanos are found on these islands, with the volcano on McDonald Island erupting after inscription and doubling the size of the island. | UNESCO |
This includes information about plume interaction with overlying crustal plates, as well as insights into mantle plume composition due to the widest range of isotopic compositions of strontium, neodymium, lead and helium known from any oceanic island volcano system. | UNESCO |
Big Ben on Heard Island is the only known continuously active volcano on a sub-Antarctic island, whereas the volcano on MacDonald Island recently became active again after a 75,000 year period of dormancy, increasing significantly in size since inscription. | UNESCO |