Trump Proudly Debuts New Tariff on a Group of Antarctic Islands. Only Penguins Live There

A remote group of Antarctic islands has been identified as a target of President Donald Trump's new global tariffs, despite having a human population of zero.

On Wednesday, April 2, the White House announced that Trump, 78, will impose a 10% baseline tariff on all countries seeking to import goods to the United States. Many countries will face the base rate, while other items from trade partners, including the European Union and China, will face higher rates after being categorized as the "worst offenders" of unfair trade policies, per the BBC.

According to a tariffs list shared by the White House on X, the uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands — an external territory of Australia — are not exempt from the 10% tariff on goods. The volcanic island group is best known as a haven for penguins, though, not international trade.

A post on the Australian Antarctic Program's website stated that the islands are "way out there, and pretty far from everything," requiring a trek through "some of the roughest seas on the planet." Even commercial tours do not travel there.

The Guardian reports that the territory "does have a fishery, but no buildings or human habitation whatsoever."

"The distinctive conservation value of Heard and McDonald — one of the world’s rare pristine island ecosystems — lies in the complete absence of alien plants and animals, as well as human impact," the UNESCO World Heritage site noted.

The islands were included on the tariffs list because they are Australian territory, Axios reported, citing a White House official.

Other Australian external territories featured on Trump's list include the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island and Norfolk Island, with the latter being hit with a tariff of 29% while the other two are listed at 10%.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday, “Nowhere on Earth is safe," per The Guardian.

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Jan Mayen, a remote Norwegian volcanic island in the Arctic Ocean, has no permanent population either, but has also been included on the White House 10% tariffs list with Svalbard, which houses a small population of around 2,100 people, according to the Visit Svalbard website.

"Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. Located on top of the world, it contains endless areas of unspoilt, raw Arctic wilderness," the site stated.