Bouvet Island

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/bouvet-island

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Where is Bouvet Island?South Atlantic Ocean, at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
2. How many people live in Bouvet Island?0 (uninhabited)
3. How big is Bouvet Island?49 km² (19 sq mi)
4. What is the dependency of?Norway
5. What is the glacier coverage?93% of the island is covered by a glacier

Subantarctic: The region of the Southern Ocean located south of the Antarctic Convergence and north of the Antarctic Convergence.
Mid-Atlantic Ridge: An underwater mountain range formed by plate tectonics in the Atlantic Ocean.
Stratovolcano: A tall, conical volcano built up by many layers of hardened lava, tephra, pumice, and volcanic ash.
Caldera: A large cauldron-like depression that forms with a volcano after it erupts, collapses, or is blown out.