Geography of Bouvet Island

Location: island in the South Atlantic Ocean, southwest of the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa).

Geographic coordinates: 54 26 S, 3 24 E

Area: total: 49 sq km; land: 49 sq km; water: 0 sq km

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 29.6 km

Maritime claims: territorial sea: 4 nm

Climate: antarctic

Terrain: volcanic; coast is mostly inaccessible

Elevation extremes: lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Olav Peak 935 m

Natural resources: none

Land use: arable land: 0%; permanent crops: 0%; other: 100% (93% ice) (2005)

Irrigated land: 0 sq km

Natural hazards: NA

Environment - current issues: NA

Geography - note: covered by glacial ice; declared a nature reserve by Norway.