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  2. Ofotfjord - Wikipedia

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    Narvik. Ofotfjord ( English) [1] [2], Ofotfjorden ( Norwegian) [3], or Ufuohttá ( Northern Sami) [3] is a fjord in Nordland county, Norway. It is an inlet of the Norwegian Sea, located about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. The 78-kilometre (48 mi) long Ofotfjord is Norway's 12th longest fjord and it is also the 18th deepest ...

  3. Norwegian campaign - Wikipedia

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    She was joined later in the fjord by a second – Kjell – and the patrol boat Firern. As HMS Cossack entered the fjord at 22:20 local time, the Norwegian vessels did not intervene when the British boarded Altmark in the late hours of 16 February. The boarding action led to the freeing of 299 Allied prisoners of war held on the German ship.

  4. Narvik - Wikipedia

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    Narvik is the 58th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 21,515. The municipality's population density is 6.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (17/sq mi) and its population has decreased by 2.2% over the previous 10-year period. [ 5 ][ 6 ]

  5. Battles of Narvik - Wikipedia

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    Battles of Narvik. Coordinates: 68°25′14″N 17°33′36″E. The Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940, as a naval battle in Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian town of Narvik, as part of the Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War . The two naval battles in Ofotfjord on 10 ...

  6. Narvik (town) - Wikipedia

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    8514 Narvik. Narvik is a town and the administrative centre of Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The town is located along the Ofotfjorden in the Ofoten region. The town lies on a peninsula located between the Rombaken fjord and the Beisfjorden. The European route E06 highway runs through the Beisfjord Bridge and Hålogaland ...

  7. Norse colonization of North America - Wikipedia

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    The Norse exploration of North America began in the late 10th century, when Norsemen explored areas of the North Atlantic colonizing Greenland and creating a short term settlement near the northern tip of Newfoundland. This is known now as L'Anse aux Meadows where the remains of buildings were found in 1960 dating to approximately 1,000 years ago.

  8. Skjomen - Wikipedia

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    Skjomen. / 68.3039; 17.2912. Skjomen ( Norwegian) or Skievvá ( Northern Sami) is a small fjord that branches off from the main Ofotfjorden in Narvik Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the Ofoten district in Northern Norway, just south of the town of Narvik. The European route E6 highway crosses the Skjomen fjord over the ...

  9. List of fjords of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Hudson River fjord in New York is recognized as the only true Fjord in the eastern coast of the United States [1] [2] Somes Sound, a fjard located within Acadia National Park, is often mistaken for being another fjord located along the eastern coast of the United States. [3] [4]

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