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  1. #CARD:Bouvet Island:Geography
  2. #IMAGE 49 66 TWPCX \maps\Bouvet_I.PCX
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  4.                                   Bouvet Island
  5.                                     Geography
  6.  
  7.  
  8. Location:
  9.     in the south Atlantic Ocean, 2,575 km south-southwest of the Cape of Good
  10.     Hope (South Africa)
  11. Map references:
  12.     Antarctic Region
  13. Area:
  14.   total area:
  15.     58 km2
  16.   land area:
  17.     58 km2
  18.   comparative area:
  19.     about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
  20. Land boundaries:
  21.     0 km
  22. Coastline:
  23.     29.6 km
  24. Maritime claims:
  25.   territorial sea:
  26.     4 nm
  27. International disputes:
  28.     none
  29. Climate:
  30.     antarctic
  31. Terrain:
  32.     volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters; coast is mostly inaccessible
  33. Natural resources:
  34.     none
  35. Land use:
  36.   arable land:
  37.     0%
  38.   permanent crops:
  39.     0%
  40.   meadows and pastures:
  41.     0%
  42.   forest and woodland:
  43.     0%
  44.   other:
  45.     100% (all ice)
  46. Irrigated land:
  47.     0 km2
  48. Environment:
  49.     covered by glacial ice
  50. Note:
  51.     located in the South Atlantic Ocean
  52.  
  53. #ENDCARD
  54. #CARD:Bouvet Island:People
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  56.                                   Bouvet Island
  57.                                      People
  58.  
  59.  
  60. Population:
  61.     uninhabited
  62.  
  63. #ENDCARD
  64. #CARD:Bouvet Island:Government
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  66.                                   Bouvet Island
  67.                                    Government
  68.  
  69.  
  70. Names:
  71.   conventional long form:
  72.     none
  73.   conventional short form:
  74.     Bouvet Island
  75. Digraph:
  76.     BV
  77. Type:
  78.     territory of Norway
  79. Capital:
  80.     none; administered from Oslo, Norway
  81. Independence:
  82.     none (territory of Norway)
  83.  
  84. #ENDCARD
  85. #CARD:Bouvet Island:Economy
  86.                             THE WORLD FACTBOOK 
  87.                                   Bouvet Island
  88.                                      Economy
  89.  
  90.  
  91. Overview:
  92.     no economic activity
  93.  
  94. #ENDCARD
  95. #CARD:Bouvet Island:Communications
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  97.                                   Bouvet Island
  98.                                  Communications
  99.  
  100.  
  101. Ports:
  102.     none; offshore anchorage only
  103. Telecommunications:
  104.     automatic meteorological station
  105.  
  106. #ENDCARD
  107. #CARD:Bouvet Island:Defense Forces
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  109.                                   Bouvet Island
  110.                                  Defense Forces
  111.  
  112.  
  113. Note:
  114.     defense is the responsibility of Norway
  115.  
  116. #ENDCARD
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