.hm
Appearance
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Introduced | 24 July 1997 |
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TLDtype | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | HM Domain Registry |
Sponsor | HM Domain Registry |
Intended use | Entities associated withHeard Island and McDonald Islands |
Actual use | Gets rare use, none of it related to Heard and McDonald Islands; sometimes used inKhanty-Mansiysk(Russia) |
Registry website | HM Domain Registry |
.hmis theInternetcountry codetop-level domain(ccTLD) of theHeard and McDonald Islands,uninhabited islandsin the southernIndian Oceanunder the sovereign control ofAustralia.Although.hm gets a small amount of use, Australia uses the.aqdomain (forAntarctica) for its sites related to the islands themselves. As a result, no.hm website is related to the location.
History
[edit]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.