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- @node Header (Bouvet Island)
- @section Header (Bouvet Island)
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- @display
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- Affiliation:
- (territory of Norway)
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- @end display
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- @node Geography (Bouvet Island)
- @section Geography (Bouvet Island)
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- @display
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- Location:
- 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 km2
- land area:
- 58 km2
- 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 km2
- Environment:
- covered by glacial ice
- Note:
- located in the South Atlantic Ocean
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- @end display
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- @node People (Bouvet Island)
- @section People (Bouvet Island)
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- @display
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- Population:
- uninhabited
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- @end display
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- @node Government (Bouvet Island)
- @section Government (Bouvet Island)
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- @display
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- 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)
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- @end display
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- @node Economy (Bouvet Island)
- @section Economy (Bouvet Island)
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- @display
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- Overview:
- no economic activity
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- @end display
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- @node Communications (Bouvet Island)
- @section Communications (Bouvet Island)
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- @display
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- Ports:
- none; offshore anchorage only
- Telecommunications:
- automatic meteorological station
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- @end display
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- @node Defense Forces (Bouvet Island)
- @section Defense Forces (Bouvet Island)
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- @display
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- Note:
- defense is the responsibility of Norway
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- @end display
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