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Nordkyn

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[nawr-kin, noor, nœr-kyn] / ˈnɔr kɪn, ˈnʊər, ˈnœr kün /

noun

  1. Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.


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The nautical trespassing began on June 27, when a Soviet tugboat and three smaller vessels anchored off the Nordkyn Peninsula in the Barents Sea.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two weeks later, the Soviet timber freighter Kliloi hove to, also near the Nordkyn Peninsula.

From Time Magazine Archive

I replied I wanted to go as far as the land went north of me, as far as Nordkyn.

From The Land of the Long Night by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

We sailed across Laxe Fjord and doubled Nordkyn.

From The Land of the Long Night by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

Far off was Nordkyn, upon the summit of which I had stood.

From The Land of the Long Night by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

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