Nordkapp

Nordkapp kommune
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County Finnmark
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Municipality NO-2019
Administrative centre Honningsvåg
Mayor (2005) Ulf Syversen (Ap)
Official language form Neutral
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Percentage
Ranked 119
925 km²
891 km²
0.29 %
Population
 - Total (2004)
 - Percentage
 - Change (10 years)
 - Density
Ranked 247
3,468
0.08 %
-12.6 %
4/km²
Coordinates Template:Coor dm
www.nordkapp.kommune.no

Data from Statistics Norway (http://www.ssb.no/english/municipalities/2019)

Nordkapp is a municipality in the county of Finnmark, Norway.

The municipality encompasses mainly the island of Magerøya, but also parts of the mainland east and west of the fjord of Porsangen.

Most of the inhabitants live in the fishing village of Honningsvåg, but Nordvågen, Kamøyvær, Skarsvåg and Gjesvær are also important places.

The municipality's most famous point, after which it is named, is Nordkapp (North Cape). This 307 m high cliff is usually referred to as the northernmost point of Europe. Some 200,000 tourists visit annually, during the two to three months of summer. The neighbouring point of Knivskjellodden is, however, some 1,500 m further north.

The North Cape first became famous when the English explorer Richard Chancellor rounded it in 1553 while attempting to find a sea route through the Northeast Passage.


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