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{{Image|Orthographic projection centered over Bouvet Island.png|left|150px| A view of the Earth centered directly above Bouvet Island.}} | |||
{{Image|Bouvet island 0.jpg|right|150px| 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]].<ref name=PolarPioneers> | '''Bouveteya''' (Bouvet Island) is a 49 square kilometre Island located at 54°26′S 3°24′E -- halfway between [[Africa]] and [[Antarctica]].<ref name=PolarPioneers> | ||
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Polar Pioneers: Hjalmar Riisen-Larsen. Retrieved on 2008-08-20.