ShareYourGroupShareYourGroupCountries
Flag of Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island is in the Antarctic region. It is not a country: it is listed here because it has its own country code. In the language of the place it is called Bouvetøya.

Compare

Key facts

Capital
none
Region
Antarctic
Population
none
Area
49 km²
Currency
none
Languages
Norwegian
Calling code
+47
Internet domain
.bv
ISO codes
BV, BVT, 074
Time zone
not listed
United Nations
Not a member

Land and position

Bouvet Island covers about 49 square kilometres. By area it ranks 237th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Saint Martin and a little larger than Pitcairn Islands. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 54° south, 3° east, in the southern hemisphere.

People

It has no permanent population. Languages listed for it: Norwegian.

More in the Antarctic region

Antarctica, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, South Georgia. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.