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Bouvet Island

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Bouvet Island

Uninhabited island in the South Atlantic Ocean, a dependency of Norway since 1930; area 48 sq km/19 sq mi. Discovered by the French captain Jacques Bouvet 1738, it was made the subject of a claim by Britain 1825, but this was waived in Norway's favour 1928.



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It's a neighborhood the huge bull elephant seals know well, since they migrate over a 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) stretch of ocean between uninhabited Bouvet Island and the Fimbul shelf.
1 The limit of the territorial sea around Bouvet Island is to be drawn outside and parallel to the low-water line, and is to be measured from the following points:
It's a neighborhood the huge bull elephant seals know well, since they migrate over a 1,000-mile (1,600-kilometer) stretch of ocean between uninhabited Bouvet Island and the Fimbul shelf.
 
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