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[[Image:Orthographic projection centered over Bouvet Island.png|right|thumb|150px|{{#ifexist:Template:Orthographic projection centered over Bouvet Island.png/credit|{{Orthographic projection centered over Bouvet Island.png/credit}}<br/>|}} A view of the Earth centered directly above Bouvet Island.]]
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[[Image:Bouvet island 0.jpg|right|thumb|150px|{{#ifexist:Template:Bouvet island 0.jpg/credit|{{Bouvet island 0.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}} Bouvet Island in 1898, showing inaccessible shorelines, and glaciers.]]
[[Image:Bouvet island 0.jpg|right|thumb|150px|{{#ifexist:Template:Bouvet island 0.jpg/credit|{{Bouvet island 0.jpg/credit}}<br/>|}} Bouvet Island in 1898, showing inaccessible shorelines, and glaciers.]]



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A view of the Earth centered directly above Bouvet Island.
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Bouvet Island in 1898, showing inaccessible shorelines, and glaciers.

Bouveteya (Bouvet Island) is a 49 square kilometre Island located at 54°26′S 3°24′E -- halfway between Africa and Antarctica.[1] The Island is uninhabited. Most of the Island is covered by ice, year-round.

It was claimed by Norway in 1929, and is considered a Norwegian dependency.[1]

In fiction

The movie Aliens v. Predator is set on Bouveteya.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Polar Pioneers: Hjalmar Riisen-Larsen. Retrieved on 2008-08-20.