Bouvet Island
Norwegian uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island
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Summary
Bouvet Island is an island[1]. It ranks in the top 0.9% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,970 views/month, #66 of 7,296).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Norway[4]
- Country: Norway[5]
- Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[6]
- Continent: Antarctica[7]
- Instance of: dependency of Norway[8], political territorial entity[9]
- Top-level Internet domain: .bv[10]
- Named after: Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier[11]
- Commons category: Bouvet Island[12]
- Unicode character: 🇧🇻[13]
- Time of discovery or invention: January 1, 1739[14]
- Highest point: Olavtoppen[15]
- Significant event: discovery[16], territorial claims in Antarctica[17], annexation[18], dependency of Norway[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bouvet Island[20]
- Commons gallery: Atlas of Bouvet Island[21]
- Population: 0[22]
- Official name: Bouvetov ostrov[23]
- Lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean[24]
- Native label: Bouvetøya[25]
- Length: 9 km[26]
- Elevation above sea level: 780 m[27]
- Area: 49 km²[28]
- Width: 7.5 km[29]
- Located in protected area: Bouvetøya Nature Reserve[30]
- Coastline: 29.6 km[31]
Why It Matters
Bouvet Island has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]