Bouvet Island travel guide - Wikitravel Time Zone UTC Bouvet Island is an uninhabited 58.5 km² volcanic, mostly inaccessible, island in the Southern Ocean , south-southwest of Cape Town . It is thought to be the most remote island in the world. The nearest land is Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, which is over 1,750 km (1,090 mi) away to the south. Understand[ edit ] This uninhabited volcanic island was discovered in 1739 by a French naval officer after whom the island was named. No claim was made until 1825 when the British flag was raised. In 1928, the UK waived its claim in favour of Norway, which had occupied the island the previous year. In 1971, Bouvet Island and the adjacent territorial waters were designated a nature reserve. Since 1977, Norway has run an automated meteorological station on the island.

It's not too hard to get a lot of search-engine-hits for airports, hotels, rental cars, or even airport limousines at Bouvet Island, even though there have never been, and likely never will be, such things. Landscape[ edit ] It is a small (58.5 km²) volcanic island that rises sharply from the ocean, with cliffs up to 500 m high. Almost all of the island is covered by a thick glacier. The highest point is Olav Peak at 780 m Get in[ edit ] Since the entire island is a nature reserve, it's likely that you will be denied entry permission, if the purpose of entering is just tourism - although usually you won't find any Norwegian immigration officers in the island to refuse your entry! But, if you absolutely have to get there anyway, your best bet is to try to find out when the next research expedition is scheduled to get there and ask if you can join them. If you have a useful occupation or skill, such as Arctic research biologist, research geologist, helicopter pilot, or physician, you will probably be welcome.

There's been at least one case of this happening in the past, when a bunch of radio amateurs were allowed to enter the Island for a DXpedition (setting up an amateur radio station there to communicate with people across the world). Companies that can help to arrange travel to Bouvet Island include: Oceanwide Expeditions [1] explores the most remote places in and around the South and Mid-Atlantic Islands with their own ships and expedition crew. Passengers are taken from Ushuaia to remote locations such as Bouvet Island. Other locations are the South Sandwich Islands, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha, Cape Verde and St. Helena. With fully equiped zodiacs passengers are going ashore on several islands, which are rich in wildlife and offer plenty of opportunities for exploring activities. By boat[ edit ] There is nowhere even remotely usable as a harbour, although it is possible to anchor offshore. If you are willing to put your life at risk, you might try using a light boat with outboard engine to enter. It has been known to work, but plenty of people have tried and decided it was not worth the risk.

In theory, it should be possible to land on the island using a large, dual engine speed boat, as there is a small beach in the North Western corner of the island. It would, however, require extraordinary bravery and considerable boating skills to avoid sinking the boat before reaching shore. Atlas of Bouvet Island - Wikimedia Commons Atlas of Bouvet Island The introductions of the country, dependency and region entries are in the native languages and in English. The other introductions are in English. Bouvet Island Bouvetøya Bouvetøya (tidligere Liverpool Island) er en øy i Søratlanteren på 54°25′ S 3°21′ Ø som er under norsk suverenitet som biland. Ettersom Antarktis regnes sør for 60°S tilhører Bouvetøya ikke denne verdensdelen (og er ikke omfattet av Antarktis-traktaten), men kanskje heller Afrika som ligger i underkant av 2 000 km lenger nord.

English Bouvet Island - Bouvet Island Bouvet Island is an uninhabited sub-antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope ( ► South Africa ). It is a dependent area of Norway and is not subject to the ► Antarctic Treaty, as it is north of the latitude below which claims are suspended. Short name Map of Bouvet Island Historical maps Bouvet Island was discovered by the French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier in 1739. He called it "Cap de la Circoncision", thinking it was a promontory of a larger southern continent. It was claimed by the United Kingdom in 1825 as Liverpool Island . In 1928 Britain waived its claim to Norway , that renamed the island Bouvet Island. Discovery map by Jean-Baptiste Bouvet de Lozier (1739), with detailed descriptions of the voyage in the margins (in French) Re-edited discovery map (1754), again with detailed descriptions Satellite maps Notes and references General remarks: The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons.

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ly Islands • Falkland Islands • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands • Bajo Nuevo Bank • Serranilla Bank • Southwestern Somalia Subnational autonomous entities Bouvet Island - 必应 Sign in Bouvet Island Bouvet Island (Norwegian: Bouvetøya, previously spelled Bouvet-øya) is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway located in the South Atlantic Ocean at 54°25.8′S 3°22.8′E / 54.4300°S 3.3800°ECoordinates: 54°25.8′S 3°22.8′E / 54.4300°S 3.3800°E.

It lies at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and is the most remote island in the world, approximately 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) south-southwest of the coast of South Africa and approximately 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi) north of the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Mau ... (展开) d Land, Antarctica. The island has an area of 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi), of which 93 percent is covered by a glacier. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an inactive volcano. Some skerries and one smaller island, Larsøya, lie along the coast. Nyrøysa, created by a rock slide in the late 1950s, is the only easy place to land and is the location of a weather station. The island was first spotted on 1 January 1739 by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, whom it was later named for. He recorded inaccurate coordinates and the island was not sighted again until 1808, when the British whaler captain James Lindsay named it Lindsay Island.

The first claim of landing, although disputed, was by Benjamin Morrell. In 1825, the island was claimed for the British Crown by George Norris, who named it Liverpool Island. He also reported Thompson Island as nearby, although this was later shown to be a phantom island. The first Norvegia expedition landed on the island in 1927 and claimed it for Norway. At this time the island was named Bouvetøya, or "Bouvet Island" in Norwegian. After a dispute with the United Kingdom, it was declared a Norwegian dependency in 1930. It became a nature reserve in 1971. Discovery and early sightings The island was discovered on 1 January 1739 by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, commander of the French ships Aigle and Marie. This was the first time that land had been spotted south of the 50th parallel south. Bouvet, who was searching for a presumed large southern continent, spotted the island through the fog and named the cape he saw Cap de la Circoncision.

He was not able to land and did not circumnavigate his discovery, thus not clarifying if it was an island or part of a continent. His plotting of its position was inaccurate leading several expeditions to fail to find the island again. James Cook's second voyage set off from Cape Verde on November 22, 1772 to find Cape Circoncision, but was unable to find the cape. The next expedition to spot the island was in 1808 by James Lindsay, captain of the Samuel Enderby & Sons' (SE&S) whaler Snow Swan. They reached the island and recorded its position, though they were unable to land. Lindsay could confirm that the "cape" was indeed an island. The next expedition to arrive at the island was American Benjamin Morrell and his seal hunting ship Wasp. Morrell, by his own account, found the island without difficulty (with "improbable ease", in the words of historian William Mills) before landing and hunting 196 seals. In his subsequent lengthy description, Morrell does not mention the island's most obvious physical feature, its permanent ice cover. This has caused some commentators to doubt whether he actually visited the island.

On 10 December 1825, SE&S's George Norris, master of the Sprightly, landed on the island, named it Liverpool Island and claimed it for the British Crown and George IV on 16 December. The next expedition to spot the island was Joseph Fuller and his ship Francis Allyn in 1893, but he was not able to land on the island. German Carl Chun's Valdivia expedition arrived at the island in 1898. They were not able to land, but dredged the seabed for geological samples. They were also the first to accurately fix the island's position. Norris also spotted a second island in 1825, which he named Thompson Island, which he placed 72 kilometres (45 mi) north-northeast of Liverpool Island. Thompson Island was also reported in 1893 by Fuller, but in 1898 Chun did not report seeing such an island, nor has anyone since. However, Thompson Island continued to appear on maps as late as 1943.

A 1967 paper suggested that the island might have disappeared in an undetected volcanic eruption, but in 1997 it was discovered that the ocean is more than 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) deep in the area. Norwegian annexation In 1927, the First Norvegia Expedition – led by Harald Horntvedt and financed by Lars Christensen – was the first to make an extended stay on the island. Observations and surveying were conducted on the islands and oceanographic measurements performed in the sea around it. At Ny Sandefjord, a small hut was erected and, on 1 December, the Norwegian flag was hoisted and the island claimed for Norway. The annexation was established by a royal decree on 23 January 1928. The claim was initially protested by the United Kingdom, on the basis of Norris's landing and annexation. However, the British position was weakened by Norris's sighting of two islands and the uncertainty as to whether he had been on Thompson or Liverpool (i.e. Bouvet) Island.

Norris's positioning deviating from the correct location combined with the island's lack of a natural harbour and small size made the UK accept the Norwegian claim. This resulted in diplomatic negotiations between the two countries, and in November 1929, Britain renounced its claim to the island. The Second Norvegia Expedition arrived in 1928 with the intent of establishing a manned meteorological radio station, but a suitable location could not be found. By then both the flagpole and hut from the previous year had been washed away. The Third Norvegia Expedition, led by Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, arrived the following year and built a new hut at Kapp Circoncision and on Larsøya. The expedition carried out aerial photography of the island and was the first Antarctic expedition to use aircraft. The Dependency Act, passed by the Parliament of Norway on 27 February 1930, established Bouvet Island as a dependency, along with Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land. The eared seal was protected on and around the island in 1929 and in 1935 all seals around the island were protected.

Recent history In 1955, the South African frigate Transvaal visited the island. Nyrøysa, a rock-strewn ice-free area, the largest such on Bouvet, was created sometime between 1955 and 1958, probably by a landslide. A scientific landing in 1978 measured the underground temperature at 25 °C (77 °F). The island was visited by the British naval ship HMS Protector in 1964. In addition to scientific surveys, a life raft was found at Nyrøysa, although no people were found. The entire island and its territorial waters were protected as a nature reserve on 17 December 1971. Since the 1970s, the island has been frequently visited by Norwegian Antarctic expeditions. In 1977, an automated weather station was constructed, and for two months in 1978 and 1979 a manned weather station was operated.

The Vela Incident took place on 22 September 1979 in the sea between Bouvetøya and Prince Edward Islands when the American Vela Hotel satellite registered an unexplained double flash, variously interpreted as a nuclear test, meteor, or instrumentation glitch. In March 1985, a Norwegian expedition experienced sufficiently clear weather to allow the entire island to be photographed from the air, resulting in the first accurate map of the whole island, 247 years after its discovery. In the mid-1980s, Bouvetøya, Jan Mayen, and Svalbard were considered as locations for the new Norwegian International Ship Register, but the flag of convenience registry was ultimately established in Bergen, Norway in 1987. Several amateur radio DX-peditions have been conducted to the island. The Norwegian Polar Institute established a 36-square-metre (390 sq ft) research station, made of shipping containers, at Nyrøysa in 1996.

On 23 February 2006, the island experienced a magnitude 6.2 earthquake whose epicentre was about 100 km (62 mi) away (originally reported as magnitude 5.5), weakening the station's foundation and causing it to be blown to sea in a winter storm. In 2007, the island was added to Norway's tentative list of nominations as a World Heritage Site as part of the transnational nomination of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. A new research station was sent from Tromsø in Norway, via Cape Town, to Bouvet in 2014. The new station is designed to house six people for periods of two to four months. Krill fishing in the Southern Ocean is subject to the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources, which defines maximum catch quotas for a sustainable exploitation of Antarctic krill. Surveys conducted in 2000 showed high concentration of krill around Bouvetøya.

In 2004, Aker BioMarine was awarded a concession to fish krill, and additional quotas were awarded from 2008 for a total catch of 620,000 tonnes (610,000 long tons; 680,000 short tons). There is a controversy as to whether the fisheries are sustainable, particularly in relation to krill being important food for whales. In 2009, Norway filed with the UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf to extend the outer limit of the continental shelf past 200 nautical miles (230 mi; 370 km) surrounding the island. The Hanse Explorer expedition ship visited Bouvet Island on 20 and 21 February 2012 as part of «Expédition pour le Futur». The expedition's goal was to land and summit the highest point on the island. The first four climbers (Aaron Halstead, Will Allen, Bruno Rodi and Jason Rodi) were the first humans to climb the highest peak. A time capsule containing the top visions of the future for 2062 was left behind.

The next morning, Aaron Halstead led five other climbers (Sarto Blouin, Seth Sherman, Chakib Bouayed, Cindy Sampson, and Akos Hivekovics) to the top. Bouvet Island Geography Bouvetøya is a volcanic island constituting the top of a volcano located as the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the South Atlantic Ocean. The islands measures 9.5 by 7 kilometres (5.9 by 4.3 mi) and covers an area of 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi), including a number of small rocks and skerries and one sizable island, Larsøya. It is located in the Subantarctic, south of the Antarctic Convergence, which, by some definitions, would place the island in the Southern Ocean. Bouvet Island is the most remote island in the world. The closest land is Queen Maud Land of Antarctica, which is 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi) to the south, and Gough Island, 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) to the north.

The closest inhabited location is Cape Agulhas, South Africa, 2,200 kilometres (1,400 mi) to the northeast. Nyrøysa is a 2 by 0.5 kilometres (1.2 by 0.3 mi) terrace located on the north-west coast of the island. Created by a rock slide sometime between 1955 and 1957, it is the island's easiest access point. It is the site of the weather station. The north-west corner is the peninsula of Kapp Circoncision. From there, east to Kapp Valdivia, the coast is known as Morgenstiernekysten. Store Kari is an islet located 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) east of the cape. From Kapp Valdivia, southeast to Kapp Lollo, on the east side of the island, the coast is known as Victoria Terrasse. From there to Kapp Fie at the southeastern corner, the coast is known as Mowinckelkysten.

Svartstranda is a section of black sand which runs 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) along the section from Kapp Meteor, south to Kapp Fie. After rounding Kapp Fie, the coast along the south side is known as Vogtkysten. The westernmost part of it is the 300 metres (980 ft) long shore of Sjøelefantstranda. Off Catoodden, on the south-western corner, lies Larsøya, the only island of any size off Bouvetøya. The western coast from Catoodden north to Nyrøysa, is known as Esmarchkysten. Midway up the coast lies Norvegiaodden (Kapp Norvegia) and 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) off it the skerries of Bennskjæra. 93 percent of the island is covered by glaciers, giving it a domed shape. The summit region of the island is Wilhelmplatået, slightly to the west of the island's center. The plateau is 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) across and surrounded by several peaks.

The tallest is Olavtoppen, 780 metres (2,560 ft) above mean sea level (AMSL), followed by Lykketoppen (766 metres or 2,513 feet AMSL) and Mosbytoppane (670 metres or 2,200 feet AMSL). Below Wilhelmplatået is the main caldera responsible for creating the island. The last eruption took place 2000 BC, producing a lava flow at Kapp Meteor. The volcano is presumed to be in a declining state. The temperature 30 centimetres (12 in) below the surface is 25 °C (77 °F). The island's total coastline is 29.6 kilometres (18.4 mi). Landing on the island is very difficult, as it normally experiences high seas and features a steep coast. During the winter, it is surrounded by pack ice. The Bouvet Triple Junction is located 275 kilometres (171 mi) west of Bouvet Island.

It is a triple junction between the South American Plate, the African Plate and the Antarctic Plate, and of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the Southwest Indian Ridge and the American–Antarctic Ridge. Bouvet Island Climate The island is located south of the Antarctic Convergence, giving it a marine Antarctic climate dominated by heavy clouds and fog. It experiences a mean temperature of −1 °C (30 °F), with January average of 1 °C (34 °F) and September average of −3 °C (27 °F). The monthly high mean temperatures fluctuate little through the year. The peak temperature of 14 °C (57 °F) was recorded in March 1980, caused by intense sun radiation. Spot temperatures as high as 20 °C (68 °F) have been recorded in sunny weather on rock faces. The island predominantly experiences a weak west wind. Bouvet Island Nature The harsh climate and ice-bound terrain limits vegetation to fungi (ascomycetes including lichens) and non-vascular plants (mosses and liverworts).

The flora is representative for the maritime Antarctic and is phytogeographically similar to the South Sandwich Islands and South Shetland Islands. Vegetation is limited because of the ice cover, although snow algae are recorded. The remaining vegetation is located in snow-free areas such as nunatak ridges and other parts of the summit plateau, the coastal cliffs, capes and beaches. At Nyrøysa, five species of moss, six ascomycetes (including five lichens), and twenty algae have been recorded. Most snow-free areas are so steep and subject to frequent avalanches that only crustose lichens and algal formations are sustainable. There are six endemic ascomycetes, three of which are lichenized. The island has been designated as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because of its importance as a breeding ground for seabirds. In 1978–79 there were an estimated 117,000 breeding penguins on the island, consisting of macaroni penguin and, to a lesser extent, chinstrap penguin and Adélie penguin, although these were only estimated to be 62,000 in 1989–90.

Nyrøysa is the most important colony for penguins, supplemented by Posadowskybreen, Kapp Circoncision, Norvegiaodden and across from Larsøya. Southern fulmar is by far the most common non-penguin bird with 100,000 individuals. Other breeding seabirds consist of Cape petrel, Antarctic prion, Wilson's storm petrel, black-bellied storm petrel, subantarctic skua, southern giant petrel, snow petrel, slender-billed prion and Antarctic tern. Kelp gull is thought to have bred on the island earlier. Non-breeding birds which can be found on the island include the king penguin, wandering albatross, black-browed albatross, Campbell albatross, Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross, sooty albatross, light-mantled albatross, northern giant petrel, Antarctic petrel, blue petrel, soft-plumaged petrel, Kerguelen petrel, white-headed petrel, fairy prion, white-chinned petrel, great shearwater, common diving petrel, south polar skua and parasitic jaeger.

The only non-bird vertebrates on the island are seals, specifically the southern elephant seal and Antarctic fur seal, which both breed on the island. In 1998–99, there were 88 elephant seal pups and 13,000 fur seal pups at Nyrøysa. Humpback whale and killer whale are seen in the surrounding waters. Bouvet Island Politics and government Bouvetøya is one of three dependencies of Norway. Unlike Peter I Island and Queen Maud Land, which are subject to the Antarctic Treaty System, Bouvetøya is not disputed. The dependency status entails that the island is not part of the Kingdom of Norway, but is still under Norwegian sovereignty. Specifically, this implies that the island can be ceded without violating the first article of the Constitution of Norway. Norwegian administration of the island is handled by the Polar Affairs Department of the Ministry of Justice and the Police, located in Oslo. The annexation of the island is regulated by the Dependency Act of 24 March 1933. It establishes that Norwegian criminal law, private law and procedural law apply to the island, in addition to other laws that explicitly state they are valid on the island.

It further establishes that all land belongs to the state, and prohibits the storage and detonation of nuclear products. Bouvet Island has been designated with the ISO 3166-2 code BV and was subsequently awarded the country code top-level domain .bv on 21 August 1997. The domain is managed by Norid but is not in use. The exclusive economic zone surrounding the island covers an area of 441,163 square kilometres (170,334 sq mi). Bouvet Island Fiction The island figures prominently in the book A Grue of Ice (1962, published in the US as The Disappearing Island), an adventure novel based on Tristan da Cunha, Bouvet, and the mythical Thompson Island, by Geoffrey Jenkins. Bouvet is the setting of the 2004 movie Alien vs. Predator, in which it is referred to using its Norwegian name "Bouvetøya" even though in the unrated edition of the film, a satellite focuses in on the island which is geographically situated in the approximate location of Peter I Island. Bouvet features in the novel Warhead (2005) by Andy Remic.

Bouvet features in the novel Batmans Schönheit (2010) by Heinrich Steinfest. Bouvet Island Notes ^ a b c d "Forskrift om fredning av Bouvetøya med tilliggende territorialfarvann som naturreservat" (in Norwegian). Lovdata. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012. ^ a b c d e "Lov om Bouvet-øya, Peter I's øy og Dronning Maud Land m.m. (bilandsloven)" (in Norwegian). Lovdata. Archived from the original on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2011. ^ Mills, W.J. (2003). Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia 1. ABC-CLIO. p.96. ISBN9781576074220. Retrieved 7 June 2015. ^ "An abandoned lifeboat at world’s end | A Blast From The Past". allkindsofhistory.wordpress.com.

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Bouvet Island - YouTube Bouvet Island Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Mar 12, 2016 Bouvet Island is an uninhabited subantarctic high island and dependency of Norway located in the South Atlantic Ocean at 54°25.8′S 3°22.8′ECoordinates: 54°25.8′S 3°22.8′E. It lies at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and is the most remote island in the world, approximately 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) south-southwest of the coast of South Africa and approximately 1,700 kilometres (1,100 mi) north of the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.

The island has an area of 49 square kilometres (19 sq mi), of which 93 percent is covered by a glacier. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an inactive volcano. Some skerries and one smaller island, Larsøya, lie along the coast. Nyrøysa, created by a rock slide in the late 1950s, is the only easy place to land and is the location of a weather station. The island was first spotted on 1 January 1739 by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, whom it was later named for. He recorded inaccurate coordinates and the island was not sighted again until 1808, when the British whaler captain James Lindsay named it Lindsay Island. The first claim of landing, although disputed, was by Benjamin Morrell. In 1825, the island was claimed for the British Crown by George Norris, who named it Liverpool Island. He also reported Thompson Island as nearby, although this was later shown to be a phantom island. The first Norvegia expedition landed on the island in 1927 and claimed it for Norway.

At this time the island was named Bouvetøya, or "Bouvet Island" in Norwegian. After a dispute with the United Kingdom, it was declared a Norwegian dependency in 1930. It became a nature reserve in 1971. Category Bouvet Island — Remotest Island Of The World : Facts List Bouvet Island — Remotest Island Of The World Tweet So many great islands to vacation to, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could book a flight to a remote island and enjoy some peace and quiet, maybe the remotest island in the world. Even though this does sound wonderful the remotest island in the world would not exactly be a great run away destination. Bouvet Island is the remotest island in the world; it is located at a very southern point in the Atlantic Ocean. The entirety of the 19 square miles is indeed desolate. The original discovery can be traced back to Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier in 1739; however no one was able to find it due to his inaccurately recorded coordinates. Therefore it was not stumbled across until 1808 when James Lindsay, a British whaler found it and named it Lindsay Island.

In 1825 it was named Liverpool Island when the whaler Captain Norris found it. In 1927 Norway floated around the island for a month before claiming it. There were several disputes over the next century as to who the island belonged to. In 1930 it was decided to be a Norwegian dependency. In 1971 the name and credit of discovery was properly given to Jean-Baptiste. Photo of Cape Valdivia, Bouvet Island, Norwegian uninhabited island in the South Atlantic Ocean. The image is mirrored There is no population because there would be no way to sustain life on such a frozen land. The closest lands to Bouvet are more than 1000 miles away. Queen Maud Land of Antarctica is just over 1,000 miles and Cape Town is about 1600 miles away. Therefore living off of this island and depending on shipments could be quite the challenge. Bouvet Island is a frozen inactive volcano. The majority of the island is covered by a glacier! The island is in the Antarctic region of the map therefore far too cold to enjoy the human-less environment on a vacation.

93% of the island is covered in ice and the coast is almost entirely inaccessible. Due to its inaccessibility not many have been able to actually explore the land. The best way to gain access to the island is to fly a helicopter from a ship and gently land on the slippery surface of Bovet. Apparently the glacier does not seem to be the issue with exploration it is simply the jagged edges of the coast line that explorers cannot get past. There are stories of a 1964 African expedition making it onto land, spending less than an hour exploring, and discovering what appeared to be a whaler’s life boat. There were never any questions answered about how the boat would have gotten onto the land or where it came from. There were supplies in the boat yet the travelers who were brought by this boat were never found. So many questions were asked about the boat no answers were found, neither was the boat after the one expedition. According to the few who successfully gained access to the land, the vegetation is limited to lichens and mosses. Sea birds, seals, and penguins have been the only inhabitants since its discovery.

Norway has declared Bouvet Island and its adjacent waters a nature reserve therefore its animals and any studies of it is protected. Since 1977 Norway has used the island to study penguins and fur seals, via an automated meteorological station. Even the remotest island has an internet domain of its own, for now Norway says it will not be used. The annexation of the island on 1 December 1927. The first hut, built on Kapp Circoncision, in 1929. In 1990 scientists, radio operators, and a film crew made a trip to Bouvet Island. A helicopter flew them and their supplies from the ship to the island. The radio operators went to set up communications with the world. While there they managed to contact 50,000 amateur radio operators. The scientists stayed on the ship to map the population of seals and penguins. The film crew of course was there to document the entire stay for movies and TV usage. In 1994 a field building was constructed, of course by the Norwegians. About 388 square feet container building.

In October of 2007 it was announced that via satellite the building was no longer visible. Later it was discovered that an avalanche or landslide wiped the building right off of its foundation. The movie Alien vs. Predators from 2004 uses Bouvet as its geographical setting. In the unedited version that is available in Norway under the name Bouvetoya the satellite actually focuses in on the island. Although there are not currently any announced plans for this island there must be something in the works considering there is now radio communications as well as satellite communications, a field building being rebuilt, an internet domain, as well as an established time zone. Only time will tell. The Mystery of Bouvet Island | Exciting Earth! The Mystery of Bouvet Island Credit to François Guerraz The freezing subantarctic Bouvet Island is literally in the middle of nowhere; located in the South Atlantic Ocean, it is known for being the most remote island in the entire world. A Norwegian dependency, it is a very small, uninhabited island, and is now classified as a nature reserve after a weather station operated on it for a few months during 1978 and 1979.

Aside from its unfathomable isolation, there doesn’t seem to be anything all that special about this island at first glance. In 1964, British Lieutenant Commander Allan Crawford and a team were sent to Bouvet Island by helicopter, to research a new piece of land that had popped up on the island due to volcanic activity. Here’s where it gets a bit weird. When they arrived, they found something very unusual. On this new patch of land, which had only been there for around ten years, the team came across an abandoned lifeboat, floating in a lagoon. The oars were on the shore, along with a copper tank. There were no signs of any people or bodies, and the boat was unmarked and thus unidentifiable as belonging to anyone in particular. Unfortunately, the team did not have much time to look around, but before they left they snapped this photo: So, where did the boat come from? It’s possible that it came from a ship in distress, but that theory has been seen as doubtful because of the sheer remoteness, minuscule size and lack of visibility of the island due to the harsh weather. Even if it was a shipwreck victim, where did they go?

As mentioned previously, there were no signs that anyone had tried to camp near the lifeboat, or attempted to use it as a shelter. It’s also possible that it just happened to wash up near the island, coming to rest in the lagoon after floating in from a shipwreck hundreds of miles away, but this doesn’t explain the oars and other equipment on the shore. From here, the mystery deepens. Another expedition to the island a couple of years later found no traces of the boat, the oars or the copper tank. Did the owner of the boat come back to fetch it? This seems unlikely, again due to the general remoteness of the island, coupled with the fact that retrieving a lifeboat would mean lifting it out with a helicopter or dragging it back out to sea and placing it on a ship; both just seem like way too much effort to go to for something as insignificant as a lifeboat.The whole thing is very mysterious, and quite creepy to think about. I have two theories: The lifeboat did belong to a shipwreck victim who had simply happened to come across the island by pure chance.

Landing on the shore, he left the boat (which was obviously too heavy to carry around) and went to look for some kind of food and water sources. The severe climate may have been too much for him to handle, and he could have collapsed and died elsewhere on the island whilst doing this. As stated above, the team that found the boat didn’t have time to search much further than the shore where the boat was, so this seems like a logical explanation. There are still several questions remaining, though. Were there any shipwrecks in the general vicinity of the island at the time? If so, why didn’t anyone come forward to claim the boat and say it was from their ship? Where did the boat disappear to? Maybe the boat somehow floated back out to sea, or simply sank into the lagoon. Unfortunately, there is no real way of knowing. A larger ship was in the area on an expedition, and sent a team with a couple of smaller boats to land on the shore. When they landed, they noticed that one of the boats was slightly damaged, and the team all headed back on the good boat, got back on the ship and left, after exploring the island.

This would explain why there were no signs of any camping activity or human remains. As the team who found the boat in 1964 spent very little time on the island, perhaps they didn’t notice the boat was slightly damaged. This still doesn’t explain where the boat disappeared to, though, and again, if this theory is correct, why didn’t anyone come forward to say that it was their boat? Either way, the mystery of the boat on Bouvet Island remains unsolved. I doubt anyone will ever know the exact reason behind it, but anyone with other theories is welcome to list them in the comments below. For more in-depth information on this topic, please see . The Atlantic Ocean & It's Islands - worldfactsinc worldfactsinc The Atlantic Ocean & It's Islands The Atlantic Ocean has a surface area of 106,400,000 sq kms which covers 20% of the earth's surface and contains 26% of the earth's salt water at 354,700,000 cubic kilometres. The Ocean's deepest point is at the point of the Puerto Rico Trench at a depth of 8,605 metres.

The name Atlantic, originally Atlantikos, comes from the ancient Greek word meaning Atlas Sea. The ocean can also be seen on some old maps as the Aethiopian or Ethiopian Sea. The ocean's main feature is the 65,000 km long by 1,600 km wide, Mid - Atlantic Ridge, a vast underwater mountain range which borders several tectonic plates, along the entire length of the ocean floor, from Bouvet Island to it's south travelling northwards through the country of Iceland and on to Jan Mayan island to it's north. Norway's tiny volcanic, Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island situated 2,525 kms from it's nearest neighbour, South Africa, is the most southerly landmass situated on the ridge and Norway's Jan Mayan Island is the most northerly landmass situated on the ridge. The Mid - Atlantic Ridge divides the ocean into east and west and the point of the Equator divides the ocean into north and south.

THE MID - ATLANTIC RIDGE The Atlantic Ocean is linked to the Pacific Ocean at the point of Drakes Passage at the very southern tip of South America and the Panama Canal, situated at Central America's narrowest point on the Isthmus of Panama. The Atlantic links with the Arctic Ocean by way of the Greenland Sea and Labrador Sea situated off Canada's northern coast and the Denmark Strait and Norwegian Sea in Northern Europe. The Atlantic is linked to the Mediterranean Sea in Europe at the point of the Straits of Gibraltar situated between the Iberian Peninsular and North Africa and linked to the North Sea by way of the Denmark Straits. The Atlantic flows into the Indian Ocean at the point of the 20th Meridian East. The Atlantic Ocean is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to it's north and the Southern Ocean to it's south and has coastlines on 65 countries on four continents, 15 in Europe, 27 in Africa, 11 in South America and 12 in North America.

The Atlantic Ocean consists of thousands of gulfs and bays, including the vast Gulf of Guinea situated off the west coast of Africa, the Bay of Biscay, situated off France's west coast, Canada's Hudson Bay, the world's largest bay at 4,041,400 sq kms and the U.S.A's Bay of Fundy, which has the world's highest tidal range with a mean spring tide of between 14.5 metres and 16.3 metres. Part of the Mid - Atlantic Ridge that rises above the sea as seen here in Iceland ISLANDS SITUATED ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC RIDGE There are nine islands formed from areas of the Mid - Atlantic ridge which rise out of the sea to form large land masses. From north to south, they are; Jan Mayan Island - Norway. Azores - Autonomous region of Portugal. Bermuda - British overseas territory. St Peter + St Paul Rocks - Brazil. Ascension Island - British overseas territory. Tristan da Cunha - British overseas territrory.

Gough Island - U.K ISLAND GROUPS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN The Atlantic Ocean is home to hundreds of island groups, including; Aran Islands - Region of the Republic of Ireland. Azores - Autonomous region of Portugal. Canary Islands - Autonomous region of Spain. Cape Verde - Independent Republic. Faroe Islands - Region of Denmark. Falkland Islands - British overseas territory. Florida Keys - Region of the U.S.A. The Hebrides - Region of the U.K Lofoten Islands - Region of Norway. Madeira - Autonomous region of Portugal. Orkney Islands - Region of the U.K Sao Tome + Principe - Independent Republic. St Peter + St Paul Archipelago - Brazil. Shetland Islands - Region of the U.K. South Georgia - Territory of the U.K. South Sandwich - Territory of the U.K. Scilly Isles - Region of the U.K. Spitzbergen - Region of Norway. Tristan da Cunha Archipelago - British overseas territory. Tierra del Fuego Archipelago - Regions of Chile and Argentina.

MACRONESIA Macronesia is the modern geographic term for the five volcanic archipelagos of the Azores, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Madeira and the Savage Islands, situated off the west coast of Africa in the north Atlantic Ocean. FIVE LARGEST ISLANDS OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN The Atlantic Ocean is also home to thousands of individual islands along the coasts of it's four bordering continents, the largest of which are; Greenland - Autonomous region of Denmark - 2,130,800 sq kms. Great Britain - Comprising of the countries England, Scotland + Wales - 209,331 sq kms. Newfoundland - Region of Canada - 108,860 sq kms. Iceland - Independent republic - 101,826 sq kms. Ireland - Consisting of the Republic of Ireland + Northern Ireland - 84,421 sq kms. The world's most southerly located museum, the Grytviken Whaling Museum, on South Georgia.

ATLANTIC OCEAN ISLAND MAPS Shown below are eight maps of various Atlantic Ocean islands - The Azores, the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Sao Tome & Principe, the Falkland Islands, the Faroe Islands, Jan Mayen Island, South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands and the Tristan da Cunha Archipelago. THE AZORES The Azores are an autonomous region of Portugal situated 1,500 kilometers off the west coast of Portugal. The island group consists of nine, volcanic islands, the largest of which is Sao Miguel, where the island group's largest city, Ponta Delgado, is situated. SOUTH GEORGIA & THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are a British Overseas Territory located between the South Atlantic and the Scotia Sea, situated 1,390 kilometers south, east of the Falkland Islands. The islands cover a land area of 3,903 square kilometers between them, with South Georgia being the largest and only inhabited of the islands.

The small population of temporary British governmental officials live on South Georgia's main settlement, Grytviken, where the world's most southerly located museum can be found and the grave of explorer Ernest Shackleton. The eleven islands which make up the South Sandwich Islands are all uninhabited, but do house several, automated weather stations. CIA - The World Factbook -- Bouvet Island The World Factbook Bouvet Island Background: This uninhabited volcanic island is almost entirely covered by glaciers and is difficult to approach. It was discovered in 1739 by a French naval officer after whom the island was named. No claim was made until 1825, when the British flag was raised. In 1928, the UK waived its claim in favor of Norway, which had occupied the island the previous year. In 1971, Bouvet Island and the adjacent territorial waters were designated a nature reserve. Since 1977, Norway has run an automated meteorological station on the island.

Geography Bouvet Island Bouvet Island Map of Bouvet Island Aerial photo Bouvet Island ( Norwegian: Bouvetøya) is an uninhabited sub- antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean , south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope ( South Africa ). It is a dependent area of Norway and is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty, as it is north of the latitude below which claims are suspended. Geography Coordinates: 39°52′S 143°59′E Bouvet Island is located at 54°26′S 3°24′E. It is 58.5 km² (22.6 square miles) in area, 93% of which is covered by glaciers which block the south and east coasts. It has no ports or harbors, only offshore anchorages, and is difficult to approach. The easiest way is with a helicopter from a ship. The glaciers form a thick ice layer falling in high cliffs into the sea or onto the black beaches of volcanic sand. The 29.6 km (18.4 miles) of coastline are often surrounded by an ice pack.

The highest point on the island is called Olavtoppen, whose peak is 780 m (2,600 ft) above sea level. A lava shelf on the island's west coast, which appeared between 1955 and 1958, provides a nesting site for birds. Bouvet Island is a candidate for the most remote island in the world, along with other small isolated islands such as Tristan da Cunha, Easter Island and the Pitcairn Islands. The nearest land is Queen Maud Land, Antarctica , over 1,600 km (1,000 miles) away to the south, which is itself uninhabited. History Bouvet Island was discovered on January 1, 1739, by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, who commanded the French ships Aigle and Marie. However, the island's position was not accurately fixed and Bouvet did not circumnavigate his discovery, so it remained unclear whether it was an island or part of a continent. The island was not sighted again until 1808, when it was spotted by one Lindsay, the captain of the Enderby Company whaler Swan.

Though he didn't land, he was the first to correctly fix the island's position. The first successful landfall dates to December 1822, when Captain Benjamin Morrell of the sealer Wasp landed, hunting for seals. He was successful and took several seal skins. On December 10, 1825, one Captain Norris, master of the Enderby Company whalers Sprightly and Lively, landed on the island, named it Liverpool Island, and claimed it for the British Crown. In 1898, the German Valdivia expedition of Carl Chun visited the island but did not land. The first extended stay on the island was in 1927, when the Norwegian "Norvegia" crew stayed for about a month; this is the basis for the territorial claim by Norway , who have named the island Bouvetøya (Bouvet Island in Norwegian). The island was annexed on December 1, 1927, by a Royal Norwegian Decree of January 23, 1928, Bouvetøya became a Norwegian Territory. The United Kingdom waived its claim in favour of Norway the following year.

In 1930 a Norwegian act was passed that made the island a dependent area subject to the sovereignty of the Kingdom (but not a part of the Kingdom). In 1964, an abandoned lifeboat was discovered on the island, along with various supplies; however, the lifeboat's passengers were never found. In 1971, Bouvet Island and the adjacent territorial waters were designated a nature reserve. In the 1950s and 1960s, there was some interest from South Africa to establish a weather station, but conditions were deemed to be too hostile. The island remains uninhabited, although an automated weather station was set up there in 1977 by the Norwegians. On September 22, 1979, a satellite recorded a flash of light (which was later interpreted as having been caused by a nuclear bomb explosion or natural event such as a meteor ) in a stretch of the southern Indian Ocean between Bouvet Island and Prince Edward Islands. This flash, since dubbed the Vela Incident, is still not completely resolved.

Despite being uninhabited, Bouvet Island has the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) .bv, though it is not used. A handful of amateur radio expeditions have gone to this remote location ( call signs used here begin with 3Y). Bouvet Island falls within the UTC Z time zone . Atlantic/St_Helena is the zone used in the time zone database. Southeast coast of Bouvet Island, 1898 Bouvet Island in fiction

Question: The uninhabited Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic is a dependency of what country?
Answer: NORWAY