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
Bouvet Island including a number of small rocks and skerries and one sizable island, Larsøya. It is located in the Subantarctic, south of the Antarctic Convergence, which, by some definitions, would place the island in the Southern Ocean. Bouvet Island is the most remote island in the world. The closest land is Queen Maud Land of Antarctica, which is to the south, and Gough Island, to the north. The closest inhabited location is Tristan da Cunha island, to the northwest. Nyrøysa is a terrace located on the north-west coast of the island. Created by a rock slide sometime between 1955 and 1957,