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58 sq km water: 0 sq km Area-comparative: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC Land boundaries: 0 km Coastline: 29.6 km Maritime claims: territorial sea: 4 nm Climate: antarctic Terrain: volcanic; maximum elevation about 800 meters; coast is mostly inaccessible Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location 780 m Natural resources: none Land use: arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 0% forests and woodland: 0% other: 100% (all ice) Irrigated land: 0 sq km (1993) Natural hazards: NA Environment-current issues: NA Environment-international agreements: party to: NA signed, but not ratified: NA Geography-note: covered by glacial ice @Bouvet Island:People Population: uninhabited @Bouvet Island:Government Country name: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Bouvet Island Data code: BV Dependency status: territory of Norway; administered from Oslo Legal system: NA Diplomatic representation in the US: none (territory of Norway) Diplomatic representation from the US: none (territory of Norway) Flag description: the flag of Norway is used @Bouvet Island:Economy Economy-overview: no economic activity; declared a nature reserve Communications Communications-note: automatic meteorological station @Bouvet Island:Transportation Ports and harbors: none; offshore anchorage only @Bouvet Island:Military Military-note: defense is the responsibility of Norway @Bouvet Island:Transnational Issues Disputes-international: none ______________________________________________________________________ BRAZIL @Brazil:Geography Location: Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean Geographic coordinates: 10 00 S, 55 00 W Map references: South America Area: total: 8,511,965 sq km land: 8,456,510 sq km water: 55,455 sq km note: includes Arquipelago de Fernando de Noronha, Atol das Rocas, Ilha da Trindade, Ilhas Martin Vaz, and Penedos de Sao Pedro e Sao Paulo Area-comparative: slightly smaller than the US Land boundaries: total: 14,691 km border countries: Argentina 1,224 km, Bolivia 3,400 km, Colombia 1,643 km, French Guiana 673 km, Guyana 1,119 km, Paraguay 1,290 km, Peru 1,560 km, Suriname 597 km, Uruguay 985 km, Venezuela 2,200 km Coastline: 7,491 km Maritime claims: contiguous zone: 24 nm continental shelf: 200 nm exclusive economic zone: 20
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