Gjesvær
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Gjesvær (Northern Sami: Geaissvearra) is an old fishing village in Nordkapp Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is the only place in Finnmark known from the Viking Age and is mentioned in the Heimskringla saga as Geirsver. The name comes from the man's name Geir, which means "spear".
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjesvær
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 71°5'55"N 25°23'8"E
- Skarsvag 16 km
- Valan 23 km
- Nordvågen 26 km
- Havøysund 29 km
- Kokelv 60 km
- Kjøllefjord 72 km
- Rypefjord 80 km
- Gamvik 103 km
- Berlevåg 136 km
- Kongsfjord 149 km
- Gjesværstappan 5.2 km
- Magerøya 13 km
- North Cape Cliff 16 km
- Porsangerfjorden 63 km
- Kjøllefjorden 69 km
- Oksfjorden 75 km
- Laksefjorden 76 km
- Hopsfjorden 100 km
- Langfjorden 105 km
- Tanafjord 117 km