Nordkinnhalvøya
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Nordkinnhalvøya (; ) is a peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway. It is the northernmost part of mainland Europe. The peninsula is shared between Lebesby Municipality and Gamvik Municipality (and a small part of Tana Municipality is located along the base of the peninsula). Human settlement is mostly concentrated on the northern shores and at the base of the peninsula, while the middle parts of the peninsula are sparsely inhabited. The main villages on the peninsula are Mehamn, Gamvik, and Kjøllefjord—all located on the northern shore. Slettnes Lighthouse near Gamvik is the northernmost li
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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Gamvik Municipality, Lebesby Municipality and Peninsulas of Finnmark.
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Key facts
- Landform.name
- Nordkinn Peninsula
- Landform.type
- Peninsula
- Landform.mapframe
- yes
- Landform.mapframe zoom
- 6
- Landform.mapframe wikidata
- yes
- Landform.mapframe caption
- Interactive map of the lake
- Landform.location
- Finnmark, Norway
- Landform.water_bodies
- Laksefjorden, Tanafjorden, Barents Sea
- Landform.highest_point
- Storvarden
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- peninsula
- Country
- Norway
- Located in
- Gamvik Municipality
- Body of water
- Barents Sea
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- Commons category
- Nordkinnhalvøya
- native label
- Nordkinnhalvøya
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Encyclopedic overview
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Nordkinnhalvøya (; ) is a peninsula in Finnmark county, Norway. It is the northernmost part of mainland Europe. The peninsula is shared between Lebesby Municipality and Gamvik Municipality (and a small part of Tana Municipality is located along the base of the peninsula). Human settlement is mostly concentrated on the northern shores and at the base of the peninsula, while the middle parts of the peninsula are sparsely inhabited. The main villages on the peninsula are Mehamn, Gamvik, and Kjøllefjord—all located on the northern shore. Slettnes Lighthouse near Gamvik is the northernmost lighthouse on mainland Europe.
The world's northernmost labyrinth is located on the peninsula; the labyrinths in Finnmark were created in the period 1200–1500.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nordkinnhalvøya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations