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