McDonald Islands (volcano) McDonald Islands (volcano) The McDonald Islands () are the peaks of a volcano in the southern Indian Ocean in the vicinity of Heard Island (). The islands are Australian external territory. Prior to 1992, the volcano had not erupted in the previous 75,000 years. The McDonald Islands volcano comprises three islands: McDonald Island, Flat Island (which later merged with McDonald Island) and Meyer Rock. The islands are mostly composed of phonolitic low-silica pumice, dikes and lava domes, and sit atop a submarine plateau, the Kerguelen plateau. They are located about 75 km from Heard Island. McDonald Island is the largest
Name of Croatia the derivation of Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ from the Old Persian "xaraxwat-", attested by the Old Iranian toponym "Harahvait-", the native name of Arachosia. "Arachosia" is the Latinized form of Ancient Greek Ἀραχωσία ("Arachosíā"); in Old Persian inscriptions, the region is referred to as "" (). In Indo-Iranian it actually means "one that pours into ponds", which derives from the name of the Sarasvati River of Rigveda. However, although the somewhat suggestive similarity, the connection to the name of Arachosia is etymologically incorrect. The first etymological thesis about the name of the Croats stems from Constantine Porphyrogennetos (tenth century), who connected the