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| World Fact Book
| Mark H. Solsman
| Documentation Training and Publications, Center for Academic Computing
| mhs108@psu.edu  10/19/93
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_@_Bouvet Island Geography
 
Total area:
    58 km2
Land area:
    58 km2
Comparative area:
    about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries:
    none
Coastline:
    29.6 km
Maritime claims:
  Territorial sea:
    4 nm
Disputes:
    none
Climate:
    antarctic
Terrain:
    volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters; coast is mostly inacessible
Natural resources:
    none
Land use:
    arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and
    woodland 0%; other 100% (ice)
Environment:
    covered by glacial ice
Note:
    located in the South Atlantic Ocean 2,575 km south-southwest of the Cape of
    Good Hope, South Africa
 
:Bouvet Island People
 
Population:
    uninhabited
 
:Bouvet Island Government
 
Long-form name:
    none
Type:
    territory of Norway
Capital:
    none; administered from Oslo, Norway
 
:Bouvet Island Economy
 
Overview:
    no economic activity
 
:Bouvet Island Communications
 
Ports:
    none; offshore anchorage only
Telecommunications:
    automatic meteorological station
 
:Bouvet Island Defense Forces
 
Note:
    defense is the responsibility of Norway
 
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