50 lines
3.9 KiB
Plaintext
50 lines
3.9 KiB
Plaintext
BOUVET ISLAND
|
||
(territory of Norway)
|
||
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:
|
||
|
||
Territorial sea: 4 nm
|
||
|
||
Climate: antarctic
|
||
|
||
Terrain: volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters;
|
||
coast is mostly inacessible
|
||
|
||
Natural resources: none
|
||
|
||
Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures
|
||
0%; forest and woodland 0%; other 100% (ice)
|
||
|
||
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
|
||
|
||
PEOPLE
|
||
Population: uninhabited
|
||
|
||
GOVERNMENT
|
||
Long-form name: none
|
||
|
||
Type: territory of Norway
|
||
|
||
ECONOMY
|
||
Overview: no economic activity
|
||
|
||
COMMUNICATIONS
|
||
Ports: none; offshore anchorage only
|
||
|
||
Telecommunications: automatic meteorological station
|
||
|
||
DEFENSE FORCES
|
||
Note: defense is the responsibility of Norway
|
||
|
||
|