Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island
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Location of Bouvet Island (circled in red)
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| Government | Dependent territory |
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• Monarch
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Harald V of Norway |
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• Administration
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Ministry of Justice and the Police |
| Dependency of Norway | |
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• Claimed
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1 December 1927 |
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• Annexed
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23 January 1928 |
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• Dependency
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27 February 1930 |
| 17 December 1971 | |
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• Total
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49 km2 (19 sq mi) |
| 93% | |
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• Census
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0 |
| ISO 3166 code | BV |
| Internet TLD | .bva |
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in the Atlantic Ocean (light yellow)
Bouvet Island (Norwegian: Bouvetøya, previously spelled Bouvet-øya) is an uninhabited subantarctic high island and dependency of Norway located in the South Atlantic Ocean at 54°25.8′S 3°22.8′E / 54.4300°S 3.3800°ECoordinates: 54°25.8′S 3°22.8′E / 54.4300°S 3.3800°E. It lies at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and is the most remote island in the world, approximately 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) south-southwest of the coast of South Africa and approximately 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi) north of the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.
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