Bouvet Island

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dependency subantarctic island uninhabited island volcanic island

Bouvet Island is a remote, uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, often cited as one of the most isolated places on Earth.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Bouvetøya 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dependency ⓘ
subantarctic island ⓘ
uninhabited island ⓘ
volcanic island ⓘ
administeredAs dependency of Norway ⓘ
annexedByNorway 1928 ⓘ
area 19 square miles ⓘ
49 square kilometres ⓘ
capital none ⓘ
claimedByNorway 1927 ⓘ
climate polar climate ⓘ
coastlineCharacteristic steep cliffs ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
country Norway ⓘ
coveredBy glacier ⓘ
declaredDependencyOfNorway 1930 ⓘ
discoveredBy Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier ⓘ
discoveryDate 1 January 1739 ⓘ
distanceToAntarctica about 1700 kilometres ⓘ
distanceToSouthAfrica about 2500 kilometres ⓘ
exclusiveEconomicZoneArea 440000 square kilometres ⓘ
fauna penguins ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
seals ⓘ
firstClaimedBy France ⓘ
governedBy Norwegian Polar Institute ⓘ
hasFeature caldera ⓘ
hasResearchStation Norwegian research station ⓘ
highestElevation 2560 feet ⓘ
780 metres ⓘ
highestPoint Olavtoppen ⓘ
ISO3166Code BV ⓘ
locatedInOcean South Atlantic ⓘ
surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
locatedInRegion Subantarctic ⓘ
natureReserveSince 1971 ⓘ
nearestLand Coats Land ⓘ
Queen Maud Land ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most remote islands on Earth ⓘ
officialName Bouvet Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bouvetøya
permanentResidents none ⓘ
population 0 ⓘ
populationYear 2020 ⓘ
protectedStatus nature reserve ⓘ
researchStationStatus usually unmanned ⓘ
sovereignState Norway ⓘ
status uninhabited ⓘ
timeZone UTC+1 ⓘ
UTC+2 ⓘ
topLevelDomain .bv ⓘ
volcanicType shield volcano remnants ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antarctic fur seal → breedsOn → Bouvet Island ⓘ
Antarctic fur seal → nativeTo → Bouvet Island ⓘ
Norwegian krone → officialCurrencyOf → Bouvet Island ⓘ
Bouvet Island → officialName → Bouvet Island self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bouvetøya
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Bouvet Island ⓘ
NOK → usedIn → Bouvet Island ⓘ
Norwegian krone → usedIn → Bouvet Island ⓘ