Nordkyn

[ nawr-kin, noor; Norwegian nœr-kyn ]

noun

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

Example Sentences

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

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But at last Nordkyn drew nigh, and at three o'clock the light became that of day, white and colourless.

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

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I was now in latitude 69° 35', and within a few miles of the longitude of Nordkyn.

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Midway between Nordkyn and Haparanda the snow was of great depth.

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