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Bouvet Island

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Bouvet Island is an uninhabited 58.5 sq km volcanic, mostly inaccessible, island in the Southern Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape Town.
This uninhabited volcanic island was discovered in 1739 by a French naval officer after whom the island was named. No claim was made until 1825 when the British flag was raised. In 1928, the UK waived its claim in favor of Norway, which had occupied the island the previous year. In 1971, Bouvet Island and the adjacent territorial waters were designated a nature reserve. Since 1977, Norway has run an automated meteorological station on the island.
It's not too hard to get a lot of search-engine-hits for airports, hotels, rental cars, or even airport limousines at Bouvet Island, even though there've never been, and likely never will be, such things.

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It is a small (58.5 km^2) volcanic island that rises sharply from the ocean, with cliffs up to 500 metres high. Almost all of the island is covered by a thick glacier. The highest point is Olav Peak at 935 meters.
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