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Bouvet Island
(
Norwegian
:
Bouvetøya
, also historically known as
Liverpool Island
or
Lindsay Island
) is an
island
in the southern part of the
Atlantic Ocean
. It is in the
sub-antarctic
areas, 2500 km (1500 miles) south-southwest of the
Cape of Good Hope
(
South Africa
).
[1]
It
belongs to
Norway
and is not subject to the
Antarctic Treaty
(which says that land south of
60°S
, including
Antarctica
, does not belong to any country). It is the most remote island in the world, which means that is farther from other land than any other island on
Earth
.
[2]
The closest piece of land to the island is
Queen Maud Land
in
Antarctica
,
[3]
which is more than 1600 km (994 miles) away.
[4]
Nobody lives there, and there are rarely any visitors.
The island is
volcanic
and has high cliffs on all sides (created by high waves over thousands of years). Because of these cliffs, people usually only go to the island by flying in a
helicopter
.
[5]
90% of its area is covered by
glaciers
(ice).
In January 2015 a new research station was put on Bouvet Island, for use by research
expeditions
.
[5]
Climate, plants and animal life
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The
climate
is cold and does not change much, with an average of +1 °C in the warmest month, and ?3 °C in the coldest.
There are
penguins
,
sea birds
and
seals
on the island.
[6]
- Bouvet Island is the setting of the 2004 movie
Alien vs. Predator
, where it is called by its Norwegian name "Bouvetøya".
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