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Wildfires in Heard I. and McDonald Islands
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 12:28 UTC
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 18 km² of Heard I. and McDonald Islands at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 6.8 km², ranking 194th of 200 countries.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2013, with 10 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 4.5 km². The 2021–2025 average is 8.0% lower than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
November, December and January together hold 34% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 March 2013, with detections in 5 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 18 km² with at least one detection, 49% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3.0 | 17% |
| 2 years | 6.0 | 34% |
| 3 to 5 years | 2.2 | 12% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.6 | 20% |
| 11 years or more | 2.9 | 16% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at -53.25, 73.75 and holds 91% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6.0 | 76 |
| 2013 | 10 | 192 |
| 2014 | 8.9 | 183 |
| 2015 | 8.2 | 108 |
| 2016 | 5.2 | 55 |
| 2017 | 5.2 | 47 |
| 2018 | 6.0 | 52 |
| 2019 | 4.5 | 41 |
| 2020 | 4.5 | 39 |
| 2021 | 5.2 | 41 |
| 2022 | 8.9 | 113 |
| 2023 | 7.4 | 122 |
| 2024 | 6.7 | 103 |
| 2025 | 7.4 | 140 |
Nearby countries
- Mauritius147 km² in an average year
- Maldives3.5 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
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What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
