Nordkyn

American  

[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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Example Sentences

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

We finally reached the high promontory which divides the Laxe from the Tana fjord, at the extremity of which is Nordkyn.

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

This "Land of the Long Night" commences at Nordkyn, or the most northern point of the continent of Europe,—or at North Cape, but five miles distant—on the 16th of November.

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

We sailed across Laxe Fjord and doubled Nordkyn.

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