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  Gamvik in Norway
Gamvik township has aproximately 1.200 inhabitants and lies east on Nordkynhalvøya and covers a area of 1.413,0 km2.
The township is devided into three with the administrative centre Mehamn with aproximately 850 inhabitants, Gamvik with approximately 250 and Skjånes with approximately 210.
Commercial fishing has a long tradition in Gamvik and a lot of people are dependent on fish as their main source of income.
www.gonorway.no /norway/counties/finnmark/gamvik/763f574ac4d5266/index.html   (283 words)

  
 Welcome to the Nordkyn Peninsula and the Municipallty of Gamvik - Gamvik
The Municipality of Gamvik on the east coast of the Nordkyn peninsula has about 1100 inhabitants.
Gamvik Museum at Gamvik is a natual place to stop on the way to the lighthouse at Slettnes.
Gamvik Church - a beautiful post-war church was built on the same spot as the old church,which was a reliable landmark for fishermen in its time.
www.gamvik.kommune.no /cparticle255702-17949.html   (1356 words)

  
 Scandinavian Acenstors of Vannette Erikson - vesg199 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Bernhard Nils BROX was born in 1864 in Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway.
Anna Marie Petrine BROX was born in 1865 in Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway.
Hans Garmand HANSEN BROX was born on 30 Mar 1845 in Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway.
www.legerdemains.com /ancestors/vesg199.htm   (818 words)

  
 Scandinavian Acenstors of Vannette Erikson - vesg150 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Laila Ingrida BANGSUND was born on 27 Mar 1912 in Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway.
Elise Ingeborg BANGSUND was born on 7 Sep 1917 in Gamvik, Finnmark, Norway.
Alf BROKS was born in 1885 in Gamvik, Finmarken, Norway.
www.legerdemains.com /ancestors/vesg150.htm   (482 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Gamvik
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Midnight sun at the North Cape North Cape is a cape on the island of Magerøya in northern Norway, in the community of Nordkapp.
The Peggys Point lighthouse in Nova Scotia, Canada An aid for navigation and pilotage at sea, a lighthouse is a tower building or framework sending out light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gamvik   (1117 words)

  
 Welcome to Mehamn and Gamvik on the edge of the barents sea - visitnorway.com
Gamvik is located on the storm-beaten coast of Finnmark and covers an area of Gamvik is 1.431 km2.
Gamvik can claim to be Europe’s northernmost mainland borough.
The outermost point is called Kinnarodden, located at 71° 08´ 01´´ N. The borough is home to Slettnes lighthouse, the northernmost lighthouse in the world.
www.visitnorway.com /templates/NTRDestinationArticle.aspx?id=165291   (156 words)

  
 Tour of Norway (Gamvik)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Gamvik is about the middle of the circle on the map below; several hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle, and on the globe, a couple of hundred miles north of the northernmost part of Alaska.
Gamvik has circa 1,600 people, or a little less than 1 per square mile.
Gamvik is not the northern-most town on continental Norway; there are a couple of villages a mile or two north, but I cannot find information on them.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-chat/1396790/posts   (1398 words)

  
 English Summary: Livestock holdings in the Tana Region 1800-1875
The sorenskriveri embraced Karasjok, Polmak, Lebesby, Gamvik, Berlevåg and Nesseby municipalities.
I have compared the tax data-it is given for each individual property-with the livestock holdings to be found in the 1875 population censuses for the inner Tanafjord and Polmak i.e.
More and more households in Berlevåg and Gamvik were able to manage without cows and sheep and had occupations in trade, handicraft and fishing.
www.sami.uit.no /sdg/ansatte/J/R/2003/2003en.html   (6937 words)

  
 Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Laura Catherine McMeeken Pease
Hans Olsen, born 1772 in Gamvik, Lavangen, Norway; died 1832 in Gamvik, Lavangen.
Ingeborg Sofia Hansdatter, born 1777 in Igeland, Ibestad, Norway; died 1858 in Gamvik, Lavangen.
Jonetta Sofia Hansdatter, born 1808 in Ibestad, Tromso, Norway; died 1868 in Ibestad, Tromso, Norway; married Nils Stefan Andreasen.
familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/p/e/a/David-Pease/GENE1-0013.html   (740 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Programmes | Crossing Continents | MoD under pressure over Norway crash
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is under new pressure to release details of its operations in northern Norway on the day a passenger plane crashed, killing all 15 people on board.
The programme has talked to a key witness, Grete Mortensen, a retired kindergarten teacher, whose house - in the fishing hamlet of Gamvik - overlooks the fjord where the plane went down.
She was with children playing on a hillside nearby when she heard "a terrible sound" which she took to have been a plane crashing into the sea.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/3529175.stm   (736 words)

  
 Slettnes 2000
The road between Mehamn and Gamvik had been cleared by snowplough and so was easily passable (although, tantalisingly, the snowplough stopped about 1 kilometre short of the lighthouse at Slettnes and so we always had to walk the last leg).
Present offshore in small numbers, including a pair in Gamvik harbour occasionally flying and calling in a circuit between Slettnes and Gamvik.
Easterly movement was observed throughout, with at least 20 individuals during the period, all summer plumage adults except for three immature/winter plumage birds.
www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Slettnes00.html   (1622 words)

  
 Gamvik   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The municipality Gamvik in the county of Finnmark, Norway,has 1,234 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002.
All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
Grose in infinite distress, but mutely possessed of the little girl awful had occurred and some collapse engulfed us, she retreated, I only knew that at the end of, I suppose, a quarter of an.
www.termsdefined.net /ga/gamvik.html   (238 words)

  
 Blog Estintobasico en Verema.com: Doctor TJK y el Gamvik (II)
Blog Estintobasico en Verema.com: Doctor TJK y el Gamvik (II)
Como ya comentamos en un post anterior, la semana pasada tuvimos el placer de cenar con diversos foreros de verema.com en el Restaurante Gamvik de Barcelona (Balmes, 165).
La cena era un homenaje a nuestro amigo mexicano Doctortjk, que junto con su esposa Adriana, tuvieron la gentileza de visitarnos en Barcelona.
www.verema.com /blog/2006/10/doctor-tjk-y-el-gamvik-ii.html   (774 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Archive Article - 1945: Norway
As the year began, Norwegian troops, aided by Russians, had liberated almost the whole of Finnmark.
At Gamvik, only one boat remained of the entire fleet.
The village, excepting one house and some sheds, was destroyed.
encarta.msn.com /sidebar_461504147/1945_Norway.html   (154 words)

  
 Lycos Search Results: web results for gamvik  1 thru 10 of 1,590   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
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1.  Gamvik kommune - på toppen av Norge Gamvik kommune : Forside...
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search.lycos.com /homepage.asp?adf=on&loc=searchhp&query=gamvik&tab=web   (233 words)

  
 Winter - Wildstrack
Stuorra Illis on the route from Nuorgam to Gamvik (Norway).
We drive safari by ordering and dependency when the route conditions are o.k.
Next two nights in the village of Kjellefjord in Norway, from where we make the day-drive to the village of Mehamn and to the village of Gamvik.
www.saariselka.fi /wildstrack/winter.html   (379 words)

  
 -- WWF Økostasjon Slettnes --   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Before you reach the centre of Mehamn, on road 888, there is a sign, pointing to the right, towards Gamvik.
In the centre of Gamvik there is a sign, pointing to the left, towards Slettnes.
After 2km you will reach the border to Slettnes Nature Reserve, and will there find the station on your right hand side with bird logos on the wall.
www.slettnes.com /besok/index-eng.shtml   (187 words)

  
 trivago travel guide - Gamvik
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Register now and add an interesting website about Gamvik or write your own review.
We reckon there are plenty of things to do and see in Gamvik...
www.trivago.co.uk /gamvik-51653   (123 words)

  
 General and Maps - Slettnes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
According to the meteorologists, it's never summer in Gamvik, A summer month, by definition, has an average temperature above 10° C. At the lighthouse at Slettnes, August is the warmest month with 9.6° C. So, Gamvik actually only has winter, spring and fall, but do have midnight sun and long periods of fine summer weather.
The airport at Mehamn (25 km southwest of Gamvik) has daily connections whith Tromsö and the rest of the country.
In Gamvik you will also find store, museum and Gamviks "Guesthouse" with accommodation, pub and restaurant.
www.seawatching.net /slettnes/general.html   (412 words)

  
 Tour of Norway (Kristiansand)
I was not quite prepared for Ada and Grimstad, and so decided to show off Kristiansand instead.
Thus far on the "tour of Norway" statistics, the "tour" of Gamvik, way far up north in Norway, has drawn the least audience attention, which mystifies me; such a charming wonderful city, Gamvik.
Gamvik is like a beautiful woman surrounded by men--blind men who cannot see her.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-chat/1398372/posts   (978 words)

  
 Norway: Gamvik Museum, 71 Degrees North
Gamvik Museum is a local museum aiming to present the local history and coastal culture of the region.
Current plans involve moving the museum to an old fish factory where new exhibitions are being planned.
The website is powered by a Content Management System developed by Visiting Arts and UK software company Librios Ltd http://www.librios.com
www.culturalprofiles.org.uk /norway/Units/725.html   (99 words)

  
 Gamvik Travel Guide - Gamvik Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
Gamvik Travel Guide - Gamvik Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
Home » Travel Guides » Europe »; Norway » Finnmark »; Gamvik
Plan a Gamvik vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Gamvik locals.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Norway/Finnmark/Gamvik-220242/TravelGuide-Gamvik.html   (245 words)

  
 flag of Gamvik (Norway) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
flag of Gamvik (Norway) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
Like Måsøy, Gamvik has found a characteristic maritime tool to emphasize the importance of fishing: The needle used to make and mend fish nets.
Three of these, in yellow colour, are set diagonally on a red field.
www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/no-20-23.html   (117 words)

  
 Cape Nordkinn -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
It is located on the Nordkyn peninsula, about 30 km from the village of Gamvik in Finnmark County.
Being on the island of Magerøya, however, North Cape cannot be counted as the northernmost point of continental Europe.
In sharp contrast to North Cape with its extensive tourist infrastructure and busloads of visitors, Cape Nordkinn is a rather lonely place that can only be visited following a two-day hike from Gamvik.
www.grohol.com /psypsych/Kinnarodden   (197 words)

  
 The municipality Gamvik in the county of Finnmark Finnmark Norway Norway...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
The municipality Gamvik in the county of Finnmark Finnmark Norway Norway...
The municipality "Gamvik" in the county of Finnmark Finnmark, Norway Norway, has 1,234 inhabitants as of January 1, 2002.
A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
www.biodatabase.de /Gamvik   (72 words)

  
 Birds in the area of Slettnes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
In 1989-1996 a study of breeding birds took place att Slettnes, Gamvik in Finnmark County.
The study area holds more than 300 pairs of waders giving an average density of more than 20 pairs/km².
Strann, K.-B. Fuglefaunan på Slettnes, Gamvik kommune 1989-1996.
www.seawatching.net /slettnes/birds.html   (450 words)

  
 > World> Norsk> Regionalt> Europa> Norge> Finnmark> Gamvik> Myndigheter - Web design 101
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www.website-design-101.co.uk /topsites/World/Norsk/Regionalt/Europa/Norge/Finnmark/Gamvik/Myndigheter   (50 words)

  
 Responses to the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire in Different Seasons -- Lund and Hansen 158 (2): 316 -- ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Participants were recruited in Gamvik, Norway, as part of the
Seasonal Variations Over 1 Year in Results on the Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire for the General Population of Gamvik, Norway
The Seasonal Pattern Assessment Questionnaire provides a global seasonality score from 0 to 24 that summarizes the subject’s self-ratings of seasonal variation in sleep, social activity, mood, weight, appetite, and energy level.
ajp.psychiatryonline.org /cgi/content/full/158/2/316   (1394 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - samija's Gamvik Travel Page
As you might know, North Cape is considered to be the northernmost point of European continent.
The most northern continental village on the other hand is Gamvik, a small fishing community.
Great landscapes of rough northern wilderness are there to be seen.
members.virtualtourist.com /m/1bc0e/35c52   (162 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - samija's Gamvik Hotel/Accommodation Tips   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-16)
Travel experience, unbiased tips, reviews, and pictures on Gamvik Hotels & Accommodations
They also arrangle all kinds of boat and fishing tours but we didn't took one.
Gamvik Travel GuideAll Hotels & Accommodations TipsFlightsForumTop 5 PagesDealsMembersMeetings and Events
tmp.virtualtourist.com /m/1bc0e/35c52/3   (171 words)

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