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“A NORWEGIAN” (NATURE, p. 17) says that my description of Knivskjærodden as a low glaciated tongue of rock is hardly correct. As Norwegians ought to, and generally do, know more about their own land than do foreigners, I will quote Tönsberg, whose “Norge” is admitted as a high authority by all. Describing the scene displayed from the edge of the precipice of the North Cape, he says: “Beneath you at a distance of one-eighth of a mile, you see the long low Knivs-kjælodde, which is undeniably the most northern part of Norway.” The picture in his book (from a photograph) shows the northward extremity of this projection as washed over by the waves and its western side precipitous, as I saw it.
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WILLIAMS, W. The Northernmost Extremity of Europe. Nature 31, 54 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/031054b0
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