.hm

.hm

Introduced	24 July 1997
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

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