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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A Norwegian dependency in the southern Atlantic Ocean near the Antarctic Circle south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope.
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- proper noun A Norwegian uninhabited
volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the South AfricanCape of Good Hope .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an island belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic near the Antarctic Circle
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On this voyage the position of Bouvet Island was established once for all as lat. 54º 26 'S., long. 3º 24' E.
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In 1971, Norway designated Bouvet Island and the adjacent territorial waters a nature reserve.
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GovernmentCountry name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Bouvet Island
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Bouvet Islandconventional long form: none conventional short form: Bouvet Island
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In 1971, Norway designated Bouvet Island and the adjacent territorial waters a nature reserve.
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Bouvet Island was established once for all as lat.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian antarctic expedition in the 'Fram', 1910 to 1912
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The ship would pass Bouvet Island to take photographs for the updating of navigation publications, Slogrove said.
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During the voyage an automatic weather station would be replaced at Bouvet Island and tidal gauges deployed and others recovered.
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Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Bouvet Island
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Bouvet Island island in the South Atlantic Ocean, southwest of the
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