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Olavtoppen. Olavtoppen, [1] [2] occasionally anglicised as Olav Peak, is the highest point of Bouvet Island, a volcanic island and dependency of Norway, and the remotest island on Earth. Olavtoppen is located north of the center of the island, immediately south of Kapp Valdivia, and rises 780 meters (2,560 ft) above sea level. [1]
Bouvetön ( franska Île Bouvet, norska Bouvetøya; tidigare Liverpool Island eller Lindsay Island) är en ö 1 700 km utanför Antarktis nordöstra kust, utanför Drottning Mauds land . Ön är ett så kallat norskt biland sedan 27 februari 1930 men har tillhört Norge sedan 1 december 1927 då den norska Norvegia-expeditionen under kapten ...
Mar 16, 2022 · Bouvet Island. 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.
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Location map of Bouvet Island. / -54.41995; 3.35835. Module:Location map/data/Norway Bouvet Island is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Bouvet Island. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Nov 3, 2021 · 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.
Curious I flipped to the WP entry about Bouvet Island and the contradiction stood out. 68.15.37.222 ( talk ) 02:43, 15 November 2008 (UTC)14 Nov 08, Aluckste The island is uninhabited.
