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Bookmark or Share- Bouvet Island: The World's Most Remote Island - Life in NorwayQuick facts about Bouvet Island. Location: South Atlantic Ocean; Size: 49 square km or 19 square miles; Discovery: Frenchman Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier in 1739; Status: Norwegian protected nature reserve; Land: An inactive volcano, 93% of the island is covered by a glacier; Where is Bouvet Island?
- Bouvet Island | Map, History, & Facts | BritannicaBouvet Island, islet in the South Atlantic Ocean. One of the world’s most isolated islands, it lies about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) southwest of the Cape of Good Hope of southern Africa and about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) north of the mainland of Antarctica. Of volcanic origin, it is rocky and almost.
- Bouvet Island - World Factbook GlyphBouvet Island is recognized as the most remote island on Earth because it is furthest from any other point of land (1,639 km from Antarctica). The island was named after the French naval officer who discovered it in 1739, although no country laid claim to it until 1825, when the British flag was raised.
- Bouvet Island – Bouvet Island - Atlas Obscura179. Wiki Travel. For a place known as “the loneliest place on earth,” a surprising number of people have tried to claim it. An uninhabited frozen isle halfway between South Africa and Antarctica,...
- Bouvet Island - WikipediaBouvet Island (/ ˈ b uː v eɪ / BOO-vay; Norwegian: Bouvetøya [bʉˈvèːœʏɑ]) is an island and dependency of Norway, and declared an uninhabited protected nature reserve. It is a subantarctic volcanic island, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge , and is the world's most remote island.
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