Cape Valdivia the position of Bouvet island in 1898. Cape Valdivia Cape Valdivia (Kapp Valdivia) is the northernmost point on Bouvet Island ("Bouvetøya i Søratlanteren") in the South Atlantic Ocean. The subantarctic Bouvet Island is administered by Norway. Cape Valdivia lies in the centre of the island's highest point. To the west lies Cape Circoncision ("Kapp Circoncision"), from which Cape Valdivia is separated by a five kilometre stretch of coastline known as the Morgenstierne Coast ("Morgenstiernekysten"). Just north of the cape is the small islet of Gjest Baardsenstøtta. The distance to Norway is about 12,460 km. The cape derives its name from
History of the Long Island Rail Road middle of the island, which was largely uninhabited at the time and relatively free of grade crossings. This straight route was the quickest and the easiest to build, compared to the options of being built along the northern coast of Long Island, or being built in a north-central route following the Middle Country Road. The LIRR was organized on June 17, 1835, and Knowles Taylor was elected president. After one or more trial runs in February 1836, the Brooklyn and Jamaica opened its full line, roughly along the present Atlantic Avenue from South Ferry to 151st Street in Jamaica, on