North Cape

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North Cape

1. The northernmost point of North Island, New Zealand, projecting into the southern Pacific Ocean.

2. A promontory on an island of northern Norway west of Cape Nordkyn. It is considered the northernmost important extremity of the continent of Europe.

North Cape

1. (Placename) a cape on N Magerøy Island, in the Arctic Ocean off the N coast of Norway

2. (Placename) a cape on N North Island, New Zealand

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Nordkyn			They were those which treat of the haunts of sea-fowl; of "the solitary rocks and promontories" by them only inhabited; of the coast of Norway, studded with isles from its southern extremity, the Lindeness, or Naze, to the North Cape - Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context The Malay Archipelago is of about the size of Europe from the North Cape to the Mediterranean, and from Britain to Russia; and therefore equals all the geological formations which have been examined with any accuracy, excepting those of the United States of America. The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles View in context At the same time, he was a gentle, amiable sort of an individual, and, even on our first encounter in Prussia I had contrived to draw him out, and he had told me that he had just been to the North Cape, and was now anxious to visit the fair at Nizhni Novgorod. The Gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context			Nortelry North North Africa North African North America North American North American Aerospace Defense Command North American country North American Free Trade Agreement North American nation North Atlantic North Atlantic Council North Atlantic Current North Atlantic Drift North Atlantic Ocean North Atlantic Treaty North Atlantic Treaty Organization North Ayrshire North Bay North Bergen North Borneo North Brabant north by east north by west North Canadian River North Cape North Carolina North Carolinian North Cascades National Park north celestial pole North Channel North Charleston North Country North Dakota North Dakotan North Down North Downs North Dravidian North East Frontier Agency North East Lincolnshire North Equatorial Current North following North Fork North Frigid Zone North Frisian Islands North Germanic North Germanic language North Highlands North Holland North Island north island edelweiss			North Bundaberg Real Estate north by east north by east north by east North By Northeast Music Industry Conference North By Northwest Music and New Media Conference and Festival North by Northwest Real Estate north by west north by west north by west North Cackalacky North Cackalacky North Cackalacky North Caicos, Turks And Caicos Islands North Cairo Flour Mills North Caledonian Football League North California Cricket Association North Cambridge Crime Task Force North Cambridge Family Opera North Camden Land Trust North Campus Recreation Building North Canadian North Canadian River North Canadian River North Canberra Gungahlin Cricket Club North Canton North Canton City Schools North Canton Medical Foundation North Canton Middle School North Canton, Ohio North Cape North Cape (disambiguation) North Cape (disambiguation) North Cape Current North Cape Yacht Club North Capitol Neighborhood Development North Cardinal Point Holder North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina & Virginia North Carolina (state) North Carolina (state) North Carolina (state) North Carolina (U.S. state) North Carolina (U.S. state) North Carolina (U.S. state) North Carolina - Piedmont Automated Library System North Carolina Academic Team Association North Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, Inc. North Carolina Academy of Pediatric Dentistry North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers North Carolina Acupuncture Licensing Board North Carolina Addiction Technology Transfer Center North Carolina Administrative Code North Carolina Adult Day Services Association North Carolina Adult Education Association

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