CIA WORLD FACTBOOK 1992 via the Libraries of the Univ. of Missouri-St. Louis
 
 Match 40   DB Rec# - 72,753  Dataset-WOFACT
 
Source        :CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 
Source key    :CI 
Program       :WORLD FACTBOOK 
Program key   :CI WOFACT 
Update sched. :Annually         
ID number     :CI WOFACT 034              
Title         :Vital Statistics - BOUVET ISLAND 
Data type     :TEXT 
End year      :1993
Date of record:01/22/1993
Country       : 
| BOUVET ISLAND 
Text          : 
BOUVET ISLAND 
(territory of Norway) 
 

 
GEOGRAPHY 
Total area: 58 km2 
 
Land area: 58 km2 
 
Comparative area: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC 
 
Land boundaries: none 
 
Coastline: 29.6 km 
 
Maritime claims: 
 
Territorial sea: 4 nm 
 
Disputes: none 
 
Climate: antarctic 
 
Terrain: volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters; coast is mostly 
inacessible 
 
Natural resources: none 
 
Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; 
forest and woodland 0%; other 100% (ice) 
 
Environment: covered by glacial ice 
 
Note: located in the South Atlantic Ocean 2,575 km south-southwest of 
the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa 
 
PEOPLE 
Population: uninhabited 
 
GOVERNMENT 
Long-form name: none 
 
Type: territory of Norway 
 
Capital: none; administered from Oslo, Norway 
 
ECONOMY 
Overview: no economic activity 
 
COMMUNICATIONS 
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only 
 
Telecommunications: automatic meteorological station 
 
DEFENSE FORCES 
Note: defense is the responsibility of Norway 
 
 
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