Knivskjellodden
Sign in to saveKnivskjelodden is a peninsula located in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is the northernmost point on the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. It is the northernmost point of continental Europe. The nearby Kinnarodden on the Nordkinn Peninsula is the northernmost point on the mainland. The northernmost point of the country Norway (with islands) is Rossøya, in Svalbard, as far north as 80°N.
Key facts
- Landform.name
- Knivskjelodden
- Landform.type
- Peninsula
- Landform.image
- Knivskjellodden 20220712.jpg
- Landform.caption
- Knivskjellodden as viewed from the North Cape plateau
- Landform.map_image
- Nordkapp map.png
- Landform.location
- Finnmark, Norway
- Landform.water_bodies
- Barents Sea
- Landform.elevation
- 0 ft (0 m)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- headland
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Nordkapp Municipality
- Body of water
- Norwegian Sea
- Image
- Cabo Knivskjelodden, Noruega, 2019-09-03, DD 27.jpg
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- Knivskjelodden
- located in/on physical feature
- Magerøya
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Knivskjelodden is a peninsula located in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is the northernmost point on the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. It is the northernmost point of continental Europe. The nearby Kinnarodden on the Nordkinn Peninsula is the northernmost point on the mainland. The northernmost point of the country Norway (with islands) is Rossøya, in Svalbard, as far north as 80°N.
Knivskjellodden can only be reached on foot, after a long hike from a parking area near the European route E69 highway (), south of North Cape. The North Cape tourist facility is located on an altitude of 300 meters and gives a good view of Knivskjellodden in good weather, but it often finds itself above the cloud base, which then conceals the peninsula. On Knivskjellodden, hikers can walk to the shore, which is at sea level, and at least see the ocean, but usually a view far out below the clouds as well.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Knivskjellodden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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