General Discussion

https://www.axios.com/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-australia-uninhabited-heard-mcdonald-islands

Zoom in: This region that features the only volcanically active subantarctic islands is "teeming" with colonies of seals, penguins and other birds, per an Australian Antarctic Program post.

Humans need a permit to visit the Heard and McDonald Islands, which are more than 2,000 miles southwest of Perth, Western Australia. It takes two weeks to sail from the Australian mainland.

Zoom out: Another region with no permanent human population on Trump's list is the volcanic island of Jan Mayen in the Arctic Ocean. It's collectively designated with Svalbard, an archipelago with polar bears and a small human population some 580 miles north of north of Tromsø, Norway.

Trump has assigned 10% tariffs for Svalbard and Jan Mayen, while Norway faces 15% taxes on U.S. imports.