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Hitra

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Hitra is a municipality in the county of Sør-Trøndelag, Norway. Hitra is also the seventh largest island of Norway, and is bordered by Frøya to the north. It lies on the Trondheimsfjord. The highest point on the island is called Mørkdalstuva, and is 345 m above sea level. The administrative centre of Hitra is Fillan. Hitra is famous in Norway for its large and dense population of Red Deer (notice the coat of arms). Between Hitra and Frøya lies a little island called Dolmøya.
Hitra is a member of the International Island Games Association.

Wikipedia page about Hitra

Hattfjelldal

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Hattfjelldal is a municipality in the county of Nordland, Norway.
The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the farm Hattfjelldalen ("Hatfieldalen" 1723), since the first church was built there (in 1790). The first element is the name of the mountain Hattfjellet, the last element is dal m 'valley, dale'. The meaning of the name Hattfjellet is 'the hat mountain' (because its shaped like a hat).
The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1986). The line represent the profile of the mountain Hattfjellet.

The lake Røssvatnet (Reevhtse in Sami) is a lake and reservoir lying partially in Hattfjelldal; it has been the site of human occupation since the Stone Age. Its area of 219 km©˜ makes it the second largest lake in Norway by surface area.

Wikipedia page about Hattfjelldal

Nordkapp

Nordkapp is a Norwegianized form of the English name North Cape from 1553 (the old Norse name of the cape was Knyskanes).
The original name of the municipality was Kjelvik, after a fishing village with the same name. But the village was totally destroyed by the Germans in 1944 - and it never recovered. As a consequence of this the municipality changed the name to Nordkapp in 1950.

Wikipedia page about Nordkapp


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