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	History of Bouvet Island: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Bouvet Island was discovered on January 1, 1738 by Jean-Baptiste Lozier Bouvet[?] with French ships Aigle and Marie, but the island's position was not accurately fixed and Bouvet did not circumnavigate his discovery.
		Until 1808, the island was not sighted again, when it was spotted by whaler captain Lindsay.
		The first long stay on the island was in 1927, when a Norwegian crew stayed for about a month.
	www.encyclopedian.com /hi/History-of-Bouvet-Island.html (209 words)

	MISR Image: Mystery Quiz #9 Answer - Bouvet Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bouvet Island (or Bouvetøya) is a territory of Norway.
		Bouvet was convinced it was the northernmost tip of Antarctica but could not circumnavigate or land upon the island due to severe weather.
		The island is Bouvet Island (or Bouvetøya) and is a territory of Norway.
	eosweb.larc.nasa.gov /HPDOCS/misr/misr_html/mystery9_answer.html (918 words)

	ZR1DQ - Bouvet Island 2000 - Geography and History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The centre of the island contains the ice-filled crater of an inactive volcano known as the Wilhelm II Plateau.
		The island is covered in an ice sheet several hundred feet thick, and sheer ice cliffs fall vertically towards fl beaches formed of volcanic sand.
		Bouvet became a Norwegian Territory by a Royal Norwegian Decree of 23 January 1928.
	www.qsl.net /zr1dq/zr1dq/3y0c-03.htm (1029 words)

	An extreme traveler celebrates victory
		Ninety-five percent of this bleak, inhospitable island is covered in ice, and the remainder consists entirely of sheer cliffs, boulders and volcanic scree.
		For although Bouvet was discovered by a Frenchman (who didn't land but for whom it is named), it was annexed by Norway in a royal decree in 1928.
		Bouvet was just a minor stop on their way, and very few of them would actually be landing there.
	www.iht.com /articles/2004/01/23/trvelvey_ed3_.php (1364 words)

	French Navy, World War 1
		"Bouvet" was third from left of the four French battleship squadron (Rear-Adm Emile Guépratte) taking part in the Main Naval Attack on the Dardanelles defences, this time far enough in to bombard the Narrows at Chanak.
		As "Bouvet" retired led by flagship "Suffren" turning south towards the Asia shore, she exploded, apparently hit in a magazine by a heavy shell at 13.54hrs and capsized and sank in two minutes taking most of her c 700 crew crew with her.
		From March to May 1915, she was part of the French squadron including pre-dreadnoughts "Bouvet", "Charlemagne", "Gaulois" and "Suffren" that joined the Royal Navy in the naval attack on the Dardanelles.
	www.naval-history.net /WW1NavyFrench.htm (3461 words)

	Bouvetoya
		Other islands are reputed to have been sighted in the vicinity, such as Lindsay and Thompson.
		On December 10th, 1825, the island was again sighted by Captain Norris, Master of the Enderby Whalers Sprightly and Lively.
		The test was detected by satellite, and radioactive debris was later detected by personnel at Mawson and Casey, Australian Antarctic Territory.
	www.btinternet.com /~sa_sa/bouvetoya/bouvetoya.html (1143 words)

	Bouvet Island. The World Factbook. 2003
		This uninhabited volcanic island is almost entirely covered by glaciers and is difficult to approach.
		It was discovered in 1739 by a French naval officer after whom the island was named.
		In 1928, the UK waived its claim in favor of Norway, which had occupied the island the previous year.
	www.bartleby.com /151/bv.html (203 words)

	The biggest and smallest islands
		Greenland is the largest island in the world and, other than its name suggests, is covered in ice.
		The remotest uninhabited island is Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic.
		The smallest independent island country is the Pacific island of Nauru.
	www.didyouknow.cd /islands.htm (563 words)

	Bouvet Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bouvet, redundantly called "Bouvetøya Island," was the setting of the 2004 movie Alien vs. Predator.
		Clipperton Island · French Guiana · French Polynesia · French Southern and Antarctic Lands · Guadeloupe · Martinique · Mayotte · New Caledonia · Réunion · Saint-Pierre and Miquelon · Scattered islands in the Indian Ocean · Wallis and Futuna
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Bouvet_Island (828 words)

	The Unofficial Bouvet Island Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Important occupants of the island are seabirds, penguins, seals and Elephant Seals, principally on the western coastline.
		This band of particularly vicious penguins ("The Bouvet Waddlers") scours the south-eastern sector of the island for innocent victims.
		Early explorers to the island were puzzled by the frequent occurrence of small craters contaminated by slimey goo scattered across the entire island.
	www.phys.ucalgary.ca /~trondsen/Bouvet/adv25.unis.no (2287 words)

	Global Volcanism Program \| Thompson Island \| Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		An island reportedly last seen in 1893 about 70 km NNE of Bouvet Island was gone in 1898, possibly as a result of an undetected volcanic eruption (Baker, 1967).
		Bathymetry at the reported location of the island shows a depth of more than 2400 m (Smith and Sandwell, 1997), and the exact location of the possible former island and the confirmation of the existence of a submarine volcano remains uncertain.
		Thompson Island was not mentioned in a LeMasurier and Thomson (1990) compilation of volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and the southern oceans, for which Baker was an associate editor.
	www.volcano.si.edu /world/volcano.cfm?vnum=1806-03- (162 words)

	ocean-beach.info Bouvet Island/History (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bouvet Island is a candidate for Extreme_points_of_the_world in the world; along with other small isolated islands such as Tristan da Cunha ; Easter Island and the Pitcairn Island s
		The first extended stay on the island was in 1927 ; when the Norway "Norvegia" crew stayed for about a month; this is the basis for the territorial claim by Norway ; who have named the island Bouvetøya (Bouvet Island in Norwegian)
		The island was Annexation on December 1 1927 ; by a Royal Norwegian Decree of January 23 1928 ; Bouvetøya became a Norwegian Territory
	ocean-beach.info.cob-web.org:8888 /2685 (960 words)

	Antarctic Explorers: Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
		Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier was born in 1705.
		Bouvet landed in early October, made repairs, resupplied the vessel and sailed southeast one month later.
		Bouvet believed it to be a promontory of the Antarctic mainland and promptly named it the "Cape of Circumcision".
	www.south-pole.com /p0000067.htm (928 words)

	Bouvet Island
		Bouvet Island is an uninhabited 58.5 sq km volcanic, mostly inaccessible, island in the Southern Ocean, south-southwest of the Cape of Good Hope.
		It is small (58.5 km^2) volcanic island that rises sharply from the ocean, with cliffs up to 500 meters high.
		Since the entire island is a nature reserve, it’s likely that you will be denied permission, if the purpose of entering is just tourism, although usually you won’t find anybody of the Norwegian immigration office in the island to refuse your entry.
	www.globalguide.org /index.html?id=299 (603 words)

	Travelling Naturalist Bouvet Island Polar Cruise for Antarctic history, scenery and wildlife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		These volcanic islands, discovered by James Cook in 1775, with an ice cap on the top, are windswept and often shrouded in mist and fog, but do offer subtle pleasures.
		At the southwest side of the island we should have the best opportunities to land at Larsöya and Kapp Norvegia, which have some protection from the swell from the west.
		In 2004 we managed to circumnavigate all but four miles of the 33-mile circumference of the island in the ship, and saw spectacular scenery and an unprecedented abundance of wildlife.
	www.naturalist.co.uk /cruises2006/bouvet.php (1386 words)

	catb.info Bouvet Island/History (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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	catb.info.cob-web.org:8888 /2685 (762 words)

	Lost Islands of the World
		You may be required to charter a helicopter, endure extreme temperatures and hostile (but nonhuman) inhabitants, scale dangerous cliffs, navigate treacherous reefs, or outrun lava floes—finding some peace and quiet away from 6 billion other humans requires extraordinary measures.
		There's an island to fit every personality, whether you're a nature lover or a history buff, a sun worshipper or adventure seeker.
		There is no danger of getting bored on these islands, no chance of getting stuck sitting under a palm tree, staring out at an endless horizon.
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	Peter I Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Peter I Island (in Norwegian Peter 1.s øy) was discovered by Fabian von Bellingshausen off West Antarctica on January 21, 1821.
		Peter I Island is the only Antarctic claim area under the Antarctic Treaty that is not a sector.
		The island has an area of 243 km² and reaches a height of 1755 metres on Lars Christensen Peak, which is a volcano.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_I_Island (286 words)

	Bouvetøya (Bouvet Island) — 70South - Antarctic News, Antarctic Information, Interactive and Updated Daily... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Norway annexed the island in 1928, due to the country's interest in Antarctic whaling, and in 1971 Norway declared Bouvetøya a nature reserve.
		The island is also the tip of an inactive volcano.
		Olavtoppen, the island's highest point, is 780 meters tall, and the island is about 49 square kilometres in size.
	www.70south.com /resources/antarctic-islands/bouvetoya (161 words)

	Kingman Reef
		Bouvet, as we all know, is located in the sub-Antarctic, a mere 1500 miles southwest of the Cape of Good Hope and about 1000 miles north of Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
		Bouvet was incredibly stark and foreboding, but the seas were relatively calm and visibility was good.
		This tropical island group is about as far from Antarctica as you can get, but strangely enough has the same seasonality issue.
	www.janeresture.com /kingman_reef/index.htm (3460 words)

	Island Life: A History of Looe Island by David Clensy (Book) in History
		But the island's history is full of mystery and intrigue.
		In Island Life: A History of Looe Island, writer David Clensy reveals the island's many unknown secrets - from its early monastic inhabitants, to the sinister 18th century smugglers who used it as a place to land and stow their booty.
		Discover how the island witnessed the opening shots against the Spanish Armada, and was bombed during the Second World War.
	www.lulu.com /content/270868 (309 words)

	National Coney Island \| Franchising
		At this time, National Coney Island, Inc. does not franchise, and all stores are company owned.
		In the past few years, we have entered into several licensing agreements for our name and concept – but these were unique opportunities and circumstances to operate in non-traditional venues, and we have considered those on an individual basis (if you feel you have a unique opportunity – i.e.
		Please feel free to enter your information below, and it will be confidentially kept in our database in the event franchising rights become a reality.
	www.nationalconeyisland.com /Franchising/Default.aspx (131 words)

	Antipodes Island — 70South - Antarctic News, Antarctic Information, Interactive and Updated Daily... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This group of islands consists of the two Windward Islands, the Leeward Island and the Bools Island, and are 62 sq km in size.
		Landings are not allowed in the Antipodes, but even if they were allowed, there would be little room for people, because of all the bird nests on the islands.
		The Bounty and Antipodes Islands are the only place in the world with the erect-crested penguin (200,000 pairs).
	www.70south.com /resources/antarctic-islands/antipodes (151 words)

	Bouvet Island: Antarctic at Canadian Content
		Also known as BouvetÃ¸ya, this island is a single volcanic island with an offlier.
		The island covers 54 kmÂ² with its highest elevation being Mt. Olavtoppen at 780 m.
		Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean and Peter I Island in the South Pacific Ocean are
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Regional/Polar_Regions/Antarctic/Bouvet_Island (324 words)

	territorial trusteeship — FactMonster.com
		Nauru became independent in 1968, New Guinea joined with Papua to become Papua New Guinea in 1975, and the Pacific Islands territory (Palau excepted) achieved commonwealth status (Northern Mariana Islands) or a independence under a compact of free association (Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia) with the United States in 1986.
		Howland Island Atlas: Maps and Online Resources - Map of Howland Island & articles on flags, geography, history, statistics, disasters, and current events.
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	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0849547.html (626 words)

	Bouvet Island : Reviews from the Lost Luggage Tales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ahipara has no passenger train services so getting around by public transportation means travelling by bus.
		Kaitaia and the Bay of Islands airports have direct flights to Auckland and each other.
		If you're driving the choices are limited to a major road - the Twin Coast Discovery Route - up each side of the peninsula.
	www.lostluggagetales.com /reviews/bouvet-island.shtml (170 words)

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