Bouvet Island is an uninhabited island and dependency of Norway. It is a protected nature reserve. It is a subantarctic volcanic island, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and is the world's most remote island. Located north of the Antarctic Circle, it is not part of the southern region covered by the Antarctic Treaty System.
Country: Norway
Annexed by Norway: 23 January 1928
Dependency status: 27 February 1930
Nature reserve declared: 17 December 1971
Official languages: Norwegian
Government: Dependency under a constitutional monarchy
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