Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island Bouvetøya (Norwegian)
Dependent territory of Norway
Location of Bouvet Island (circled in red, in the Atlantic Ocean)
Sovereign state	Norway
Annexed by Norway	23 January 1928
Dependency status	27 February 1930^[1]
Nature reserve declared	17 December 1971^[2]
Government	Dependency under a constitutional monarchy

• Monarch	Harald V
• Administered by	Ministry of Justice and Public Security

Area
• Total	49 km² (19 sq mi)
• Glaciated	93%
Highest elevation	780 m (2,560 ft)
Population
• Estimate	0
ISO 3166 code	BV
Internet TLD	.no .bv^[a]
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)

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