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From: The CIA'sTHE WORLD FACTBOOK 1996

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Bouvet Island

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(territory of Norway)

Map

Location: 54 26 S, 3 24 E -- Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

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Flag

Description: the flag of Norway is used

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Geography

Location: Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
Geographic coordinates: 54 26 S, 3 24 E
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
lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location 780 m
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
Geographic note: covered by glacial ice

People

Population: uninhabited

Government

Name of country:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Bouvet Island
Data code: BV
Type of government: territory of Norway
Capital: none; administered from Oslo, Norway
Independence: none (territory of Norway)
Flag: the flag of Norway is used

Economy

Economic overview: no economic activity

Transportation

Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

Communications

Communications note: automatic meteorological station

Defense

Defense note: defense is the responsibility of Norway

Bouvet Island

Original publicaton at http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/nsolo/wfb-all.htm (June 17, 1997).