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Bouvet Island (Norwegian: Bouvetøya, also historically known as Liverpool Island or Lindsay Island)
is an uninhabited sub-antarctic volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, It is a dependent area of Norway and is not subject to the Antarctic Treaty.
Bouvet Island is the most remote island in the world. The nearest land is Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, over 1,000 miles away to the south, which is itself uninhabited.
It has no ports or harbours, only offshore anchorages, and is therefore difficult to approach. Wave action has created a very steep coast. The easiest way to access the island is with a helicopter from a ship. The glaciers form a thick ice layer falling in high cliffs into the sea or onto the black beaches of volcanic sand. The 29.6 km (18.4 miles) of coastline are often surrounded by an ice pack. The highest point on the island is called Olavtoppen, whose peak is 780 m (2,559 ft) above sea level. A lava shelf on the island's west coast, which appeared between 1955 and 1958, provides a nesting site for birds.
Bouvet Island was discovered on January 1, 1739, by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, who commanded the French ships Aigle and Marie. However, the island's position was not accurately fixed having been placed eight degrees to the east, and Bouvet did not circumnavigate his discovery, so it remained unclear whether it was an island or part of a continent.
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