Bouvet Island
The island was first spotted
on 1 January 1739 by Jean-
Baptiste Charles Bouvet de
Lozier, after whom it was
later named.
He recorded inaccurate
coordinates and the island
was not sighted again until
1808, when the British
whaler captain James
Lindsay named it Lindsay
Island.
The first claim of landing,
although disputed, was by
Benjamin Morrell. In 1825,
the island was claimed for
the British Crown by George
Norris, who named it
Liverpool Island. He also
reported Thompson Island
as nearby, although this was
later shown to be a phantom
island.
The first Norvegia expedition
landed on the island in 1927
and claimed it for Norway. At
this time the island was
named Bouvet Island, or
"Bouvetøya" in Norwegian.
After a dispute with the
United Kingdom, it was
declared a Norwegian
dependency in 1930. It
became a nature reserve in
1971.