.hm

.hm

Introduced	1997
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	HM Domain Registry
Sponsor	HM Domain Registry
Intended use	Entities connected with Heard and McDonald Islands
Actual use	Not very much used
Structure	Permitted directly at second level
Website	HM Domain Registry

.hm is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Heard and McDonald Islands, an uninhabited territory of Australia.

There has been limited use of this top-level domain, most of it unrelated in any way to the Heard and McDonald Islands.

For instance, Orz.hm is a dynamic DNS service. MY.HM, which no longer appears to exist, issued surname domains, in a manner similar to the .name registry. For a time, praise.hm offered a URL shortening service directed at Christians. The use of .hm to mean "home" has been suggested.

Oddly, the Australian government's official website for Heard Island conservation efforts is heardisland.aq, an Antarctic domain and not part of .hm.

External links

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