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Title         :Bouvet Island 
Text          : 
                                  Bouvet Island 
 
                                     Header 
 
Affiliation: 


    (territory of Norway) 
 
                                    Geography 
 
Location: 
    Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the 
    Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) 
Map references: 
    Antarctic Region 
Area: 
  total area: 
    58 sq km 
  land area: 
    58 sq km 
  comparative area: 
    about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC 
Land boundaries: 
    0 km 
Coastline: 
    29.6 km 
Maritime claims: 
  territorial sea: 
    4 nm 
International disputes: 
    none 
Climate: 
    antarctic 
Terrain: 
    volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters; coast is mostly inaccessible 
Natural resources: 
    none 
Land use: 
  arable land: 
    0% 
  permanent crops: 
    0% 
  meadows and pastures: 
    0% 
  forest and woodland: 
    0% 
  other: 
    100% (all ice) 
Irrigated land: 
    0 sq km 
Environment: 
  current issues: 
    NA 
  natural hazards: 
    NA 
  international agreements: 
    NA 
Note: 
    covered by glacial ice 
 
                                     People 
 
Population: 
    uninhabited 
 
                                   Government 


 
Names: 
  conventional long form: 
    none 
  conventional short form: 
    Bouvet Island 
Digraph: 
    BV 
Type: 
    territory of Norway 
Capital: 
    none; administered from Oslo, Norway 
Independence: 
    none (territory of Norway) 
 
                                     Economy 
 
Overview: 
    no economic activity 
 
                                 Transportation 
 
Ports: 
    none; offshore anchorage only 
 
                                 Communications 
 
Telephone system: 
    *** No data for this item *** 
Note: 
    automatic meteorological station 
 
                                 Defense Forces 
 
    defense is the responsibility of Norway 

This publication is also available online from the CIA (http://www.odci.gov/cia) as 1995 World Factbook (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/95fact/index.html).

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The World Factbook 1995,
SuDoc No: PREX 3.15:995

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