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Bouvet Island
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Bouvetøya |
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Bouvetøya
Bouvetøya (tidligere Liverpool Island) er en øy i Søratlanteren på 54°25′ S 3°21′ Ø som er under norsk suverenitet som biland. Ettersom Antarktis regnes sør for 60°S tilhører Bouvetøya ikke denne verdensdelen (og er ikke omfattet av Antarktis-traktaten), men kanskje heller Afrika som ligger i underkant av 2 000 km lenger nord.
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Bouvet Island - Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island is an uninhabited sub-antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (► South Africa). It is a dependent area of Norway and is not subject to the ► Antarctic Treaty, as it is north of the latitude below which claims are suspended.
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Bouvet Island |
| Official name |
Bouvet Island |
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Norwegian since 1927 |
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South Atlantic Ocean |
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| Population |
0 inhabitants |
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49 km² |
| Major language(s) |
none |
| Major religion(s) |
none |
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Bouvet Island, Geography of Bouvet Island, History of Bouvet Island and Politics of Bouvet Island |
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Bouvet Island - Bouvet Island (Category). |
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General maps
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Location of Bouvet Island |
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Location of Bouvet Island |
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Map of Bouvet Island |
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Map of Bouvet Island |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Bouvet Island, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Bouvet Island.
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Bouvet Island is discovered by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Lozier Bouvet in 1739. It is claimed by the United Kingdom in 1825 as Liverpool Island. In 1928 Britain waives its claim to Norway, that rename the island Bouvet Island. |
Satellite maps
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Satellite map |
Notes and references
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