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- exterior property of Norway in the South Atlantic
- own name: Bouvetøya
• Flag
• Numbers and Facts
• History
• Origin of the Country's Name
Bouvet Island has no own flag. Would people live here there must be in use the flag of Norway:
National and merchant flag of Norway,
ratio = 8:11,
Source, by: Corel Draw 4
Numbers and Facts
Area: 19 km²
Inhabitants: uninhabited
Time Zone: GMT + 1h
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
1st of January 1739 · discovery by the French seafarer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
December 1822 · first debarkation on the island
10th of October 1825 · appropriation by United Kingdom
1898 · German research expedition
1927 · Norwegian research expedition
1928 · United Kingdom renounces for the sovereignty over the island und cedes it to Norway
27th of February 1930 · appropriation by Norway
1971 · determination as wildlife sanctuary
1977 · installation of a Norwegian automatic weather station
1978-1979 · Norwegian researchers stay on the island
1996 · the research station is extended and is manned intermittently in the following years
ca. 2007 · the research station is lost in a landslide
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
Origin of the Country's Name
The name "Bouvet Island" has its roots in the name of the French Captain Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier the discoverer of the island.
Source: Wikipedia (DE)
