North Cape
Nordkapp | |
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Norway,_North_Cape.jpg) A Sentinel-2 satellite image of the North Cape | |
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Nordkapp_map.png) Location of the cape | |
| Coordinates: 71°10′21″N 25°47′04″E / 71.17250°N 25.78444°E | |
| Location | Finnmark, Norway |
| Offshore water bodies | Barents Sea |
| Elevation | 307 m (1,007 ft) |
North Cape (Norwegian: Nordkapp; Northern Sami: Davvenjárga) is a cape on the northern coast of the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. The cape is in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The European route E69 motorway (highway) has its northern terminus at North Cape, which makes it the northernmost point in Europe that can be accessed by car and makes the E69 the northernmost public road in Europe. The plateau is a popular tourist attraction. The cape includes a 307-metre-high cliff (1,007 ft) with a large flat plateau on top, where visitors, weather permitting, can watch the midnight sun and views of the Barents Sea to the north. North Cape Hall, a visitor centre, was built in 1988 on the plateau. It includes a café, restaurant, post office, souvenir shop, a small museum, and video cinema.[1][2]
- ^ Svein Askheim. "Nordkapp". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
- ^ "The northernmost point of Europe". Innovation Norway. Retrieved 1 November 2017.