Hexiamonds and dodecahexes

Since one hexagon can be cut into six triangles with the same edge length, all dodecahexes (shapes comprising 12 hexagons) would have an area of 72 triangles. This is precisely the area of the whole set of hexiamonds. George Sicherman's calculations show that there are exactly 310 such dodecahexes. You can admire them on his website. Some of them are well known and highly symmetrical.

The first example above illustrates a holey dodecahex (the inner hole is always comprised of a single hexagon). The second example shows the hexagon hexiamond in a position forced by the single horn of the dodecahex.
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