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Bouvet Island

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Bouvet Island (bvā`), uninhabited volcanic island, c.58 sq mi (150 sq km), S Atlantic Ocean, about 1,600 mi (2,576 km) SW of the Cape of Good Hope. A Norwegian possession since 1928, Bouvet is almost completely covered by glacial ice. Norway has an automated weather station on the NW coast. The island and its adjacent waters have been a nature reserve since 1971.


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a) Regulations of 25 February 2005 relating to the baseline determining the extent of the territorial sea around Bouvet Island (1) Laid down by Royal Decree of 25 February 2005, pursuant to the Act of 27 June 2003 relating to Norway's territorial waters and contiguous zone.
 
 
 
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