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Cape Valdivia (Kapp Valdivia) is the northernmost point on
Cape Valdivia (Kapp Valdivia) is the northernmost point on Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island ( ; ) is an island and dependency of Norway, and declared an uninhabited protected nature reserve. It is a subantarctic volcanic island, situated in the South Atlantic Ocean at the southern end of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and is t ...
(''Bouvetøya i Søratlanteren'') in the South Atlantic Ocean. The subantarctic Bouvet Island is administered by Norway.
Cape Valdivia lies in the centre of the island's highest point. To the west lies Cape Circoncision
Cape Circoncision (Norway, Norwegian: Kapp Circoncision) is a peninsula on the north-western edge of subantarctic Bouvet Island. The small peninsula was sighted by the French naval exploration that was led by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozi ...
(''Kapp Circoncision''), from which Cape Valdivia is separated by a five kilometre stretch of coastline known as the Morgenstierne Coast (''Morgenstiernekysten''). Just north of the cape is the small islet of Gjest Baardsenstøtta. The distance to Norway is about 12,460 km. The cape derives its name from the German survey ship ''Valdivia'', which fixed the position of Bouvet island in 1898.
See also
*Sachse Rocks
Sachse Rocks () is a group of submerged rocks which lie close to the northern coast of the island of Bouvetoya and approximately 0.2 miles (0.3 km) southeast of Cape Valdivia. The rocks were charted and named by the Norwegian expedition, 1927 ...
References
Headlands of Bouvet Island {{BouvetIsland-geo-stub