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Europe’s End: The North Cape

Saturday, 2 May 2015 - 12:10 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Free Trade Association
Category/Kategorie: General, Environment Reading Time:  3 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Nordkapp (or North Cape in English) is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Honningsvåg. Nordkapp (originally named Kjelvik) was separated from Porsanger on 1 July 1861. The western part of the island of Magerøya was transferred from the municipality of Måsøy to Nordkapp on 1 January 1984. The municipality encompasses mainly the island of Magerøya, but also parts of the mainland east and west of the fjord of Porsanger. Most of the inhabitants live in the town 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 metres (1,007 ft) high cliff is usually referred to as the northernmost point of Europe. It is however not Europe’s northernmost point, not by any definition. The northernmost point of the European mainland is Cape Nordkinn (Kinnarodden), at 71° 08′ 02″ North and 20 km from the village of Mehamn on Nordkinn Peninsula. And if Europe’s northernmost point is allowed to be on an island it is Cape Fligely on Rudolf Island, Franz Josef Land, Russia, which is located very much further north at 81° 48′ 24″ North. And if Franz Josef Land is considered not to be in Europe, then Europe’s northernmost point is the northern point of Rossøya, an islet north of Spitsbergen at 80° 49′ 44.41″ North.).

Some 200,000 tourists annually visit Nordkapp, during the two to three months of summer. 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.

Read more on Welcome at the North Cape, The Royal North Cape Club, Nordkapp Commune, Hammerfest Commune, Wikipedia Magerøya Island, Wikipedia Honningsvåg Commune and Wikipedia North Cape. Learn more about the use of photos . To inform you about latest news most of the city, town or tourism websites offer a newsletter service and/or operate Facebook pages/Twitter accounts. In addition more and more destinations, tourist organisations and cultural institutions offer Apps for your Smart Phone or Tablet, to provide you with a mobile tourist guide (Smart Traveler App by U.S. Department of State - Weather report by weather.com - Global Passport Power Rank - Travel Risk Map - Democracy Index - GDP according to IMF, UN, and World Bank - Global Competitiveness Report - Corruption Perceptions Index - Press Freedom Index - World Justice Project - Rule of Law Index - UN Human Development Index - Global Peace Index - Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index). If you have a suggestion, critique, review or comment to this blog entry, we are looking forward to receive your e-mail at comment@wingsch.net. Please name the headline of the blog post to which your e-mail refers to in the subject line.

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