.hm

.hm

Introduced	24 July 1997
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	HM Domain Registry
Sponsor	HM Domain Registry
Intended use	Entities associated with Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Actual use	Rare
Registry website	HM Domain Registry

.hm is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of the Heard and McDonald Islands, uninhabited islands in the southern Indian Ocean under the sovereign control of Australia.

The .hm registry was added in July 1997. The Australian government, the only entity with any formal ties to the territory, does not use the domain, instead using .aq, the domain for Antarctica, for the islands' official Web site. An Australian registrar, the HM Domain Registry (registry.hm), manages the domain and has opened it to outside registration. Any entity can register an .hm domain, with all domains directly registered at the second level.

External links

• IANA .hm whois information
• .hm domain registration website
• Official Australia government site about Heard & Mcdonald Islands, heardisland.aq