North Cape
Americannoun
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a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
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the northern end of North Island, New Zealand.
noun
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a cape on N Magerøy Island, in the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of Norway
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a cape on N North Island, New Zealand
Example Sentences
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Five people were rescued after the boat got into trouble and set off a distress signal on Sunday night off North Cape on the northern coast, triggering a major search and rescue operation.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 20, 2022
The 56-foot boat set off a distress signal Sunday night off North Cape on the northern coast.
From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2022
Between 1943 and 1944, he took part in some of the Navy's most intense and dangerous operations including the Arctic Convoys and the Battle of North Cape.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2019
North, east, and south from Hålogaland would have taken him around North Cape and the Kola Peninsula and deep into the White Sea.
From Scientific American • Nov. 22, 2011
This, unfortunately, proved his undoing, for one day he was visited by the sons of Othere, the man who discovered the North Cape.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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