Kåfjord, Nordkapp
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Kåfjord is a village in the municipality of Nordkapp
, in the county of Finnmark
, Norway. It is located on the mainland on an arm of the Magerøysundet.
Before the construction of the North Cape Tunnel
, Kåfjord was the terminus of the ferry which linked Magerøy to the mainland.
Nordkapp
Nordkapp is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Honningsvåg.Nordkapp was separated from Porsanger on 1 July 1861...
, in the county of Finnmark
Finnmark
or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...
, Norway. It is located on the mainland on an arm of the Magerøysundet.
Before the construction of the North Cape Tunnel
North Cape Tunnel
North Cape Tunnel is a subsea road tunnel under Magerøysundet from the Norwegian mainland to Magerøya. The tunnel was built between 1993 and 1999, is long, and reaches a depth of below the sea level. Before the tunnel was built, a ferry carried the traffic across the sea between Kåfjord and...
, Kåfjord was the terminus of the ferry which linked Magerøy to the mainland.