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Norvegia Point (54°27′S 3°21′E / 54.45°S 3.35°E) is a point 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Cape Circoncision on the west side of Bouvetøya. First roughly charted from the Valdivia in 1898 by a German expedition under Karl Chun. Recharted in December 1927 by a Norwegian expedition under Captain Harald Horntvedt. Named by Horntvedt after his expedition ship, the Norvegia.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Norvegia Point" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
Categories:- Headlands of Bouvet Island
- Norway geography stubs
- Sub-Antarctic island geography stubs
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