Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island (Bouvetøya) is a Norwegian volcano in the Southern Ocean, the most remote island on earth, more than two thousand kilometres from the nearest inhabited land, Tristan da Cunha. Almost all of it lies under an ice cap that ends in sheer cliffs above the surf, so there is no beach and no harbour. The only ice-free ground is Nyrøysa, a shelf of rock left by a landslide on the west coast, where a small research station stands. The island is a nature reserve and landing is not permitted to tourists. Expedition ships sail round it, weather allowing, to see the glaciers and the penguins and fur seals on the rocks.