Etymology

Bouvet Island

Today it means: An uninhabited volcanic island and dependent territory of Norway in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the South African Cape of Good Hope. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.