Norvegia Point

Norvegia Point

Norvegia Point (54°27′S 3°21′E / 54.45°S 3.35°E / -54.45; 3.35) 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.

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