.hm

.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. Although .hm gets a small amount of use, Australia uses the .aq domain (for Antarctica) for its sites related to the islands themselves. As a result, no .hm website is related to the location.

.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	Gets rare use, none of it related to Heard and McDonald Islands; sometimes used in Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia)
Registry website	HM Domain Registry

History

The .hm registry was added in July 1997. Registration services are provided by the HM Domain Registry via registry.hm.

Domain registration is directly at the second level, and is managed by the HM Domain Registry. Any entity can register an .hm domain.

External links

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