Geography of Norway in the open ocean. Jan Mayen: to the far northwest, halfway towards Greenland, is the island Jan Mayen, where Beerenberg is found, the only active volcano in Norway. Bouvet Island: located in the South Atlantic Ocean at 54°S and mostly covered by glaciers, this island is one of the most remote islands in the world, inhabited only by seals and birds. Peter I Island: this island in the South Pacific Ocean at 69°S, 90°W is dominated by glaciers and a volcano. As with Bouvet Island, this island is regarded as an external dependency, and not part of the kingdom. Queen
Thompson Island (South Atlantic) Thompson Island (South Atlantic) Thompson Island was a phantom island in the South Atlantic. According to the Global Volcanism Program, it was thought to be about north-northeast of Bouvet Island, a small Norwegian dependency between South Africa and Antarctica. The island was first reported and named by whaling ship captain George Norris in 1825. The last reported sighting was in 1893. When, however, the German survey ship "Valdivia" fixed the position of Bouvet in 1898, it then looked for Thompson, but did not find it. If Thompson ever existed, it is probable that it disappeared in a volcanic eruption sometime