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                                   
                                                                                
