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  1.                                Bouvet Island
  2.  
  3.  
  4.  
  5.  
  6.                                   Header
  7.  
  8.  
  9. Affiliation:
  10.      (territory of Norway)
  11.  
  12.  
  13.                                  Geography
  14.  
  15.  
  16. Location:
  17.      Southern Africa, in the South Atlantic Ocean, 2,575 km south-southwest
  18.      of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
  19. Map references:
  20.      Antarctic Region
  21. Area:
  22. total area:
  23.      58 sq km
  24. land area:
  25.      58 sq km
  26. comparative area:
  27.      about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
  28. Land boundaries:
  29.      0 km
  30. Coastline:
  31.      29.6 km
  32. Maritime claims:
  33. territorial sea:
  34.      4 nm
  35. International disputes:
  36.      none
  37. Climate:
  38.      antarctic
  39. Terrain:
  40.      volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters; coast is mostly
  41.      inaccessible
  42. Natural resources:
  43.      none
  44. Land use:
  45. arable land:
  46.      0%
  47. permanent crops:
  48.      0%
  49. meadows and pastures:
  50.      0%
  51. forest and woodland:
  52.      0%
  53. other:
  54.      100% (all ice)
  55. Irrigated land:
  56.      0 sq km
  57. Environment:
  58. current issues:
  59.      NA
  60. natural hazards:
  61.      NA
  62.  
  63.  
  64.  
  65.  
  66. international agreements:
  67.      NA
  68. Note:
  69.      covered by glacial ice
  70.  
  71.  
  72.                                   People
  73.  
  74.  
  75. Population:
  76.      uninhabited
  77.  
  78.  
  79.                                 Government
  80.  
  81.  
  82. Names:
  83. conventional long form:
  84.      none
  85. conventional short form:
  86. Digraph:
  87.      BV
  88. Type:
  89.      territory of Norway
  90. Capital:
  91.      none; administered from Oslo, Norway
  92. Independence:
  93.      none (territory of Norway)
  94.  
  95.  
  96.                                   Economy
  97.  
  98.  
  99. Overview:
  100.      no economic activity
  101.  
  102.  
  103.                               Communications
  104.  
  105.  
  106. Ports:
  107.      none; offshore anchorage only
  108. Telecommunications:
  109.      automatic meteorological station
  110.  
  111.  
  112.                               Defense Forces
  113.  
  114.  
  115. Note:
  116.      defense is the responsibility of Norway
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