Country:  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:
 
Contiguous zone: 10 nm;
 
Continental shelf: 200 meters or to depth of exploitation;
 
Extended economic zone: 200 nm;
 
Territorial sea: 4 nm
 
Climate: antarctic
 
Terrain: volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters;
coast is mostly inacessible
 
Natural resources: none
 
Land use: 0% arable land; 0% permanent crops; 0% meadows and pastures;
0% forest and woodland; 100% other
 
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