Bouvet Island




                                  Header


Affiliation:
     (territory of Norway)


                                 Geography


Location:
     Southern Africa, in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2,575 km 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:
Digraph:
     BV
Type:
     territory of Norway
Capital:
     none; administered from Oslo, Norway
Independence:
     none (territory of 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