Bouvet Island Geography 1996

Affiliation:

(territory of Norway)

Location:

Southern Africa, island in the South Atlantic Ocean, 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:

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

forest and woodland:

other:

100% (all ice)

Irrigated land:

0 sq km

Environment:

current issues:

natural hazards:

international agreements:

Note:

covered by glacial ice

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