The World Factbook (1990)/Bouvet Island

by United States Central Intelligence Agency

 

Bouvet Island
(territory of Norway)

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 See regional map XII

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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:

Contiguous zone: 10 nm

Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation

Extended economic zone: 200 nm

Territorial sea: 4 nm

Climate: antarctic

Terrain: volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters; coast is mostly inacessible

Natural resources: none

Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and pastures; 0% forest and woodland; 100% other

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

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People

Population: uninhabited

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Government

Long-form name: none

Type: territory of Norway

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Economy

Overview: no economic activity

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Communications

Ports: none; offshore anchorage only

Telecommunications: automatic meteorological station

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Defense Forces

Note: defense is the responsibility of Norway