BRITAIN WAIVES HER CLAIM TO BOUVET.
NORWAY MAY TAKE ANTARCTIC ISLAND. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received November 16. 12 noon.) RUGBY, November 15. The No: wegian Minister in London las been informed that the British Government is prepared to waive its ’.aim to Bouvet Island and will raise no objection to its annexation by Norway. Bouvet is a small island, five miles
by four miles in size, in the Antarctic Ocean, and is one of the most isolated group oi islands in the world. Within a radius of 1000 nautical miles there is no other land. It was first sighted by a Frenchman, Captain Bouvet, in 1739, and has frequently been rediscovered, notably by the Englishman, Captain Norris, in 1825, when the British flag was hoisted upon it. The island has never been inhabited and has been seldom approached by vessels. Norwegians landed there a year or so ago, and it is understood that they wish to use it as a whaling depot.— British Official Wireless.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18614, 16 November 1928, Page 1
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