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Bouvet Island is the second most wanted entity <\/strong>from information on Club Log.<\/p>\n You can prepare for them! There is enough time to consider more, better, and higher antennas. How about some more power? A new Transceiver? <\/p>\n \u25feMost Wanted Rank: 2 Below info courtesy of bouvetdx.com <\/strong>site<\/p>\n Bouvet lies at 54 degrees, 25 minutes South and 3 degrees, 22 minutes East. It\u2019s the product of a volcanic eruption that last occurred in 4,000 B.C. Bouvet is 97% ice covered, and with surrounding rocks and small islands, has an area of 19 square miles, with 18.4 miles of coastline. Its location, ice, rock cliffs, high seas, harsh climate and surrounding pack ice and icebergs isolate it from human presence. Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier first saw the island in 1739. The island was not seen again until 1808. There was a disputed landing by Benjamin Morrell. But, the first documented landing was by the Norvegia expedition in 1927, which named the island Bouvetoya, and claimed it for Norway.<\/p>\n Sometime between 1955 and 1958, a landslide occurred, creating a rock-strewn, ice-free area on the northwest coast. The area was named Nyroysa, and subsequently became a Norwegian scientific and research site, which was decimated by an earthquake in 2006. A new research facility was erected in 2014.<\/p>\n Bouvet became a Nature Reserve in 1971. Several weather stations have been placed on the island, and a number of Norwegian expeditions have visited the island in the last 50 years. The island has hosted several previous DXpeditions, including:<\/p>\n \u2022LH4C by W4BPD in 1962 \u2013 No documented landing.
\n\u25feCQ zone: 38
\n\u25feContinent: AF
\n\u25fePrimary prefix: 3Y\/B<\/p>\n
\n\u20223Y3CC and 3Y1VC by LA3CC and LA1VC in 1977.
\n\u20223Y5DQ and 3Y1VC 1978-79 by LA5DQ and LA1VC.
\n\u20223Y5X by LA2GV, LA1EE, JF1IST, F2CW, and HB9AHL in 1989.
\n\u20223Y2GV by LA2GV in 1997.
\n\u20223Y\u00d8C by N4BQW in 2000.
\n\u20223Y\u00d8E by ZS6GCM in 2008.
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