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French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Port-aux-Français · Antarctic
Country facts
Flag
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Capital
Port-aux-Français
Region
Antarctic
Area
7,747 km²
Landlocked
No
Independent
No
UN member
No
ISO code
TF · ATF
Official name
Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Coordinates
-49.25, 69.17
External sources
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Antarctica
Antarctica
Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island or Bouvetøya is one of the sub-Antarctic islands, an uninhabited ice-clad place 2,600 km south-southwest of Cape Town. It has a good claim to be the world's most remote island: anywhere within 2,000 km is similarly desolate, such as mainland Antarctica. It lies 6,040 km south of the equator and is a dependency of Norway; for comparison, Oslo main railway station is 6650 km north of
