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Bouvet Island

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Location o  Bouvet Island  (circled in red) in the Atlantic Ocean  (light yellow)
Location o  Bouvet Island  (circled in red)

in the Atlantic Ocean  (light yellow)

GovrenmentDependent territory
• Monarch
Harald V o Norawa
• Admeenistration
Meenistry o Juistice an the Polis
Dependency o Norawa
• Claimed
1 December 1927
• Annexed
23 Januar 1928
• Dependency
27 Februar 1930[2]
17 December 1971[1]
Aurie
• Total
49 km2 (19 sq mi)
93%
Population
• Census
Uninhabitit
ISO 3166 codeBV
Internet TLD.bva
  1. Nae in uise.

Bouvet Island (Norse: Bouvetøya,[1] previously spelled Bouvet-øya[2]) is an uninhabitit subantarctic volcanic island an dependency o Norawa locatit in the Sooth Atlantic Ocean at 54°25.8′S 3°22.8′E / 54.4300°S 3.3800°E / -54.4300; 3.3800Coordinates: 54°25.8′S 3°22.8′E / 54.4300°S 3.3800°E / -54.4300; 3.3800.

References

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  1. a b c "Forskrift om fredning av Bouvetøya med tilliggende territorialfarvann som naturreservat" (in Norn). Lovdata. Archived frae the original on 9 Mey 2012. Retrieved 9 Mey 2012.
  2. a b c "Lov om Bouvet-øya, Peter I's øy og Dronning Maud Land m.m. (bilandsloven)" (in Norn). Lovdata. Archived frae the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2011.