Bouvet Island Bouvet Island Bouvet Island () is an uninhabited subantarctic high island and dependency of Norway located in the South Atlantic Ocean at , thus putting it north of and outside the Antarctic Treaty System. It lies at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and is the most remote island in the world, approximately north of the Princess Astrid Coast of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica and south-southwest of the coast of South Africa. The island has an area of , of which 93 percent is covered by a glacier. The centre of the island is an ice-filled crater of an
History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands The history of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is relatively recent. When European explorers found the islands, they were uninhabited, and their hostile climate, mountainous terrain, and remoteness made subsequent settlement difficult. Due to these setbacks, human activity in the islands has largely consisted of sealing, whaling, and scientific surveys and research, interrupted by World War II and the Falklands War. The South Atlantic island of South Georgia, situated south of the Antarctic Convergence, was the first Antarctic territory to be discovered. According to the Papal Bull Inter caetera,