Trump’s tariffs hit even remote islands. One is mainly home to penguins.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced far-reaching tariffs on most of the United States’ trading partners. So far-reaching, in fact, that they include a remote, sub-Antarctic island group inhabited mainly by penguins — and a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean known for its polar bears.

There was a flurry of online searches for an Australian territory, the Heard Island and McDonald Islands, after it made the list of places facing import taxes under Trump’s plan. (Spoiler alert: There are no golden arches anywhere near these remote islands in the Southern Ocean, about 2,500 miles from the Australian mainland.)

They are unoccupied by humans and had zero trade with the U.S. last year, according to the latest available U.S. figures. That makes the 10% tariff imposed Wednesday somewhat moot.

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Another remote Australian territory, Norfolk Island — some 1,000 miles from Sydney — did not fare so lightly. The Trump administration announced a 29% tariff on the tiny territory, compared with just 10% for the Australian mainland — a move that Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese found puzzling.

“I’m not sure what Norfolk Island’s major exports are to the United States and why it’s been singled out, but it has, on the table,” Albanese told reporters, referring to a global tariff chart Trump brandished at a Rose Garden event Wednesday. Tourism is Norfolk Island’s main industry, with visitors mostly being Australians.

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The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why tariffs were levied on islands under the administration of larger countries. Or why the tariffs sometimes differed between a country and its territories, such as with Réunion Island, an overseas territory of France in the Indian Ocean, which faces a 37% tariff compared with the 20% imposed on the European Union.

Likewise, the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory in the Atlantic, faces tariffs of 41%, compared with 10% for Britain itself.

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Here are some of the places with small or nonexistent human populations that are facing tariff increases, with information from local statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau and the CIA World Factbook.

The barren Antarctic island group is uninhabited by humans. UNESCO describes it as “one of the world’s rare pristine island ecosystems” and designated it a World Heritage site in 1997. Among its prominent inhabitants: flying birds, penguins and seals.

Territory of Australia

Tariff levied by Trump administration: 10%

Population: Uninhabited

Value of items imported by the U.S. in 2024: Zero

Norfolk Island in the South Pacific Ocean served as a British penal colony until 1855 and was once known as “Hell in the Pacific.” It is now famed for its pristine beaches and majestic pine forests.

Territory of Australia

Tariff levied by Trump administration: 29%

Population: 2,188

Value of imports by the U.S. in 2024: $200,000

Gibraltar, which lies at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, shares a land border with Spain. Its landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar, which at almost 1,400 feet, is taller than the Empire State Building. The nearby Strait of Gibraltar, which links the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, is one of the world’s most important shipping lanes.

Territory of Britain

Tariff levied by Trump administration: 10%

Population: 29,683

Value of imports by the U.S. in 2024: $400,000

Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago and home to a Russian coal mining settlement. Jan Mayen, a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean near Greenland, is about twice the size of D.C. Its climate is foggy and stormy. It hosts 18 personnel operating the meteorological station and airfield.

Territory of Norway

Tariff levied by Trump: 10%

Population of Svalbard: 2,926

Population of Jan Mayen: No permanent population

Value of imports by the U.S. in 2024: Zero

Réunion is an overseas territory of France in the Indian Ocean. First settled in the 17th century by French colonists who brought in enslaved people from around the world, the island is now home to a diverse population of mixed descent, including Africans, Europeans and South Asians. Piton de la Fournaise, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, is situated on the island.

Territory of France

Tariff levied by Trump: 37%

Population: Around 890,000

Value of imports by the U.S. in 2024: $44.1 million