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Bouvet Island
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Find on the world mapPhoto: François Guerraz / Wikimedia Commons (resized) Image licenceCC BY-SA 3.0Photograph by François Guerraz / Wikimedia Commons (resized). Display crop may differ from the original.
AT A GLANCE
Bouvet Island in facts
- Area49 km²about 0.3 times the size of Washington, D.C
All geographic & statistical details (11)
- World region
- Americas · Latin America and the Caribbean · South America
- Land borders
- None
- Coastline
- 30 km
- Topographic elevation profile
- Olavtoppen 780 m
- Climate
- Antarctic
- Terrain
- Volcanic; coast is mostly inaccessible
- Land use
- Agri 0%Forest 0%Other 100%
- Internet domain
- .bv
- ISO & UN codes
- BV · BVT · M49 074
- Names in other languages
- جزيرة بوفيه, বোভেত দ্বীপ, Bouvetinsel, Isla Bouvet, جزیره بووه, île Bouvet
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બુવે દ્વિપ, Pulau Bouvet, isola Bouvet, ブーベ島, 부베섬, Bouveteiland, Wyspa Bouveta, Ilha Bouvet, Остров Буве, బౌవెట్ ద్వీపం, เกาะบูเว, Bouvet Adası, Буве, جزیرہ بووہ, Đảo Bouvet, 布韦岛, बूवे द्वीप - Name origin
- Named after the French naval officer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet who discovered the island in 1739
Facts: Wikidata Q23408 and the CIA World Factbook (public domain: geography, demographics, borders, coastline and symbols), retrieved 1 November 2026. Figures can change; check the source for the latest.
The flag and symbols of Bouvet Island
The flag
The flag of Norway is used.
Flag description and meaning, colours, symbols, anthem details, national day and independence: CIA World Factbook (public domain). Coat of arms, motto and recording: Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (credited above). Flag artwork: flag-icons (MIT), retrieved 1 November 2026.
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Norwegian area
Norwegian association: Norway. Status & relationship source ↗
Svalbard and Jan Mayen is a combined statistical entry; associated areas can have different legal arrangements.
A CLOSER LOOK
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Names and immediate parent assignments: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0, 28 October 2026. Unspecified code 00 excluded. This is not an exhaustive list of districts, counties or municipalities. Photographs are credited individually beneath each image; one pictured place does not represent every landscape in its region.
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Directory: UN M49 countries or areas, with 193 UN members, 2 observers and 53 other areas. Subdivisions: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0; filtered to this catalogue. Flags/symbols: flag-icons (MIT). Snapshot: 28 October 2026. Geographic groups are statistical. Associated-country links describe the cited relationship and do not settle sovereignty claims.
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