Norvegia Point (

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

: Kapp Norvegia), () is a point 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of

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 ...

on the west side of the island of Bouvetøya. First roughly charted from the Valdivia in 1898 by a German expedition under

Carl Chun Carl Chun (1 October 1852 – 11 April 1914) was a German marine biologist. Chun was born in Höchst, today a part of Frankfurt, and studied zoology at the University of Leipzig, where from 1878 to 1883 he was privat-docent of zoology and an a ...

. Recharted in December 1927 by a Norwegian expedition under Captain

Harald Horntvedt Harald or Haraldr is the Old Norse form of the given name Harold. It may refer to: Medieval Kings of Denmark * Harald Bluetooth (935–985/986) Kings of Norway * Harald Fairhair (c. 850–c. 933) * Harald Greycloak (died 970) * Harald Hardrad ...

. Named by Horntvedt after his expedition ship, the ''Norvegia I''.

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Headlands of Bouvet Island {{BouvetIsland-geo-stub

See also

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