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Hammerfest

American  
[hah-mer-fest] / ˈhɑ mərˌfɛst /

noun

  1. a seaport in N Norway: the northernmost town in Europe.


Hammerfest British  
/ ˈhamərfɛst /

noun

  1. a port in N Norway, on the W coast of Kvalöy Island: the northernmost town in Europe, with uninterrupted daylight from May 17 to July 29 and no sun between Nov 21 and Jan 21; fishing and tourist centre. Pop: 9157 (2004 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Supply is also under pressure from an unplanned outage at Norway’s Hammerfest LNG plant, according to ANZ.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Mr Hesten helped to remove the harness from the whale, which then swam to the nearby port of Hammerfest, where it lived for several months.

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2024

OneWhale has partnered with Hammerfest to build a 500-acre protected ocean reserve for Hvaldi and other whales currently living in captivity.

From Scientific American • Jun. 6, 2023

Andrey Yakunin who holds both a Russian and British passport, was arrested in Hammerfest, in Artic Norway, on Oct.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2022

Gainvard's expedition quitted Hammerfest, the northernmost town in Scandinavia, and after a voyage of some weeks in duration, approached the gloomy coast of ice-bound Spitzbergen.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport

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