island in the South Atlantic Ocean, southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)
54 26 S, 3 24 E
Antarctic Region
total: 49 sq km
land: 49 sq km
water: 0 sq km
about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
total: 0 km
29.6 km
territorial sea: 4 nm
antarctic
volcanic; coast is mostly inaccessible
highest point: Olavtoppen (Olav Peak) 780 m
lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
none
agricultural land: 0% (2018 est.)
arable land: 0% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 0% (2018 est.)
forest: 0% (2018 est.)
other: 100% (2018 est.)
occasional volcanism, rock slides; harsh climate, surrounded by pack ice in winter
almost entirely covered by glacial ice (93%); declared a nature reserve by Norway; the distance from Bouvet Island to Norway is 12,776 km, which is almost one-third the circumference of the earth
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