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Kinnarodden

(Encyclopedia)Kinnarodden: see Nordkyn, Cape, Norway. ...

Snøhetta

(Encyclopedia)Snøhetta, peak: see Dovrefjell, Norway. ...

Nordkapp

(Encyclopedia)Nordkapp, promontory: see North Cape, Norway. ...

Naze, the

(Encyclopedia)Naze, the, cape: see Lindesnes, Norway. ...

Tenojoki

(Encyclopedia)Tenojoki, river: see Tanaelv, Norway-Finland. ...

Glomma

(Encyclopedia)Glomma, river: see Glåma, river, Norway. ...

West Spitsbergen

(Encyclopedia)West Spitsbergen, island: see Spitsbergen, Norway. ...

Fletcher, John

(Encyclopedia)Fletcher, John, 1579–1625, English dramatist, b. Rye, Sussex, educated at Cambridge. A member of a prominent literary family, he began writing for the stage about 1606, first with Francis Beaumont, ...

Norwegian Sea

(Encyclopedia)Norwegian Sea, part of the Atlantic Ocean, NW of Norway, between the Greenland Sea and the North Sea. It is separated from the Atlantic by a submarine ridge linking Iceland and the Faeroe Islands, and...

Goldoni, Carlo

(Encyclopedia)Goldoni, Carlo kärˈlō gōldôˈnē [key], 1707–93, Italian dramatist. He was enamored of comedy from childhood, having sketched his first comic drama at eight. He took a degree in law at Padua bu...

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