countries/BV

Bouvet Island

territoryFIPS: BV|Edition: 1992|21 fields

COMMUNICATIONS(2 fields)

Ports

none; offshore anchorage only

Telecommunications

automatic meteorological station

DEFENSE FORCES(1 fields)

Note

defense is the responsibility of Norway

ECONOMY(1 fields)

Overview

no economic activity

GEOGRAPHY(13 fields)

Climate

antarctic

Coastline

29.6 km

Comparative area

about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Disputes

none

Environment

covered by glacial ice

Land area

58 km2

Land boundaries

none

Land use

arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100% (ice)

Maritime claims

Territorial sea: 4 nm

Natural resources

none

Note

located in the South Atlantic Ocean 2,575 km south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Terrain

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

Total area

58 km2

GOVERNMENT(3 fields)

Capital

none; administered from Oslo, Norway

Long-form name

none

Type

territory of Norway

PEOPLE(1 fields)

Population

uninhabited