Bouvet Island
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Bouvet Island is an uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island and dependency of Norway. A protected nature reserve situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, it
Hand-coloured photograph of the southeast coast of Bouvet Island in 1898
The claiming of the island on 1 December 1927
The first hut, built on Cape Circoncision, in 1929
Glacier on Bouvet Island's west coast
Nils Olav
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Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Baron of Bouvet Island, is a king penguin who resides in Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland. He is the mascot and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King's Guard. The name "Nils O
Bouvet Island
…subject to blacklisting and potential enforcement measures by member states and through Interpol. A king penguin in Edinburgh Zoo, Major General Sir Nils Olav III, carries the title Baron of the Bouvet Islands. In the film Alien vs Predator, Bouvet Island is the setting where Aliens are accidentally set loose to…
Nils Olav II in 2008
Sir Nils inspects troops of the King's Guard, of which he is colonel-in-chief, following his knighthood ceremony in 2008. Military insignia is attached to his right flipper.
The bronze statue of Nils Olav