Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island

Native name: Bouvetøya
Location of Bouvet Island (white dot in center)
Geography
Location	South-Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates	54°26′S 3°24′E / 54.433°S 3.400°E / -54.433; 3.400
Area	49 km2 (19 sq mi) (93% glaciated)
Highest elevation	780 m (2560 ft)
Highest point	Olavtoppen
Administration
Norway
Demographics
Population	0

Bouvet Island (Norwegian: Bouvetøya, also historically known as Liverpool Island or Lindsay Island) is an island in the southern part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is in the sub-antarctic areas, 2500 km (1500 miles) south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa).^[1]

It belongs to Norway and is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty (which says that land south of 60°S, including Antarctica, does not belong to any country). It is the most remote island in the world, which means that is farther from other land than any other island on Earth.^[2] The closest piece of land to the island is Queen Maud Land in Antarctica,^[3] which is more than 1600 km (994 miles) away.^[4] Nobody lives there, and there are rarely any visitors.

1. ↑ "Bouvet Island" at CIA World Factbook Archived 2010-10-08 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 2013-4-19.
2. ↑ "Global Volcanism Program - Volcanoes of the World - Volcanoes of the Atlantic Ocean - Volcanology Highlights". volcano.si.edu. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
3. ↑ "Most Remote Places in the World - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associatedcontent.com". associatedcontent.com. Archived from the original on November 18, 2011. Retrieved November 25, 2010.
4. ↑ "NASA - Bouvet Island, South Atlantic Ocean". nasa.gov. Archived from the original on November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 25, 2010. {{cite web}}: More than one of |archivedate= and |archive-date= specified (help); More than one of |archiveurl= and |archive-url= specified (help)