Bouvetøya

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Location of  Bouvet Island  (circled in red) in the Atlantic Ocean  (light yellow)
Government	Dependent territory
• Monarch	Harald V of Norway
• Administration	Ministry of Justice and the Police
Dependency of Norway
• Claimed	1 December 1927
• Annexed	23 January 1928
• Dependency	27 February 1930
• Nature reserve	17 December 1971
Area
• Total	49 km2 (19 sq mi)
• Glaciated	93%
Population
• Census	0
ISO 3166 code	BV
Internet TLD	.bva
Not in use.

in the Atlantic Ocean  (light yellow)

Bouvet Island (Norwegian: Bouvetøya, previously spelled Bouvet-øya) is an uninhabited subantarctic high 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°E / -54.4300; 3.3800Coordinates: 54°25.8′S 3°22.8′E / 54.4300°S 3.3800°E / -54.4300; 3.3800, thus putting it north of and outside the Antarctic Treaty System. 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.