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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
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The highest point on Nordkinnhalvøya is Storvarden (486 metres or 1,594 feet) in the Sandfjellet
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The peninsula is connected to the mainland by the 500-metre (1,600 ft) wide Hopseidet
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are sold for use on specific rivers on the peninsula including the river Risfjordelva (
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highway at the base of the peninsula, and from there it continues on to the towns of
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cliff, which is also the northernmost point of mainland Norway and Europe.
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coastal ship stops in Mehamn and Kjøllefjord, both on this peninsula.
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near Gamvik is the northernmost lighthouse on mainland Europe.
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Index

Norwegian
Northern Sami
Peninsula
71°00′58″N 28°01′54″E / 71.01611°N 28.03167°E / 71.01611; 28.03167
Finnmark
Norway
Laksefjorden
Tanafjorden
Barents Sea
Northern Sami
peninsula
Finnmark
Norway
Lebesby Municipality
Gamvik Municipality
Tana Municipality
Mehamn
Gamvik
Kjøllefjord
Slettnes Lighthouse
labyrinth
Finnmark

Slettnes Lighthouse

tundra
polar night
massif
Kinnarodden
isthmus

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