Bouvet Island (
Norwegian Bouvetøya) is an uninhabited volcanic
island in the South
Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the [Cape of Good Hope]
? (
South Africa).
It is almost entirely covered by glaciers
? and is difficult to approach.
It was discovered in
1739 by a
French naval officer after whom the island was named.
No claim was made until
1825 when the
British flag was raised.
In
1928, the
UK waived its claim in favor of
Norway, which had occupied the island the previous year.
In
1971, Bouvet Island and the adjacent territorial waters were designated a nature reserve.
Since
1977, Norway has run an automated meteorological station on the island.
From the CIA World Factbook 2000.
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