Nordkapp Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The municipality Nordkapp in the county of Finnmark, Norway, has 3,513 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002. Area: 923 km2.Most inhabitants live in the fishing village of Honningsvåg, but also Kamøyvær, Skarsvåg and Gjesvær are important places.
The municipality's most famous point, after which it is named, is Nordkapp (North Cape), a 307 m high cliff that is referred to as the northernmost point of Europe. Some 200 000 tourists visit annually, during the 2 or 3 summer months. However, the neighbouring point Knivskjellodden is actually some 1500 meters further north.
The North Cape became a famous point as the English explorer Richard Chancellor rounded it in 1553 when attempting to find a sea route through the Northeast Passage.
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