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Hammerfest

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Hammerfest , town (1995 pop. 9,561), Finnmark co., N Norway, on Kvaløy island. It is the northernmost town of Europe, but its harbor is always ice-free. Tourists are attracted by its uninterrupted daylight from May 17 to July 29. There are fish-processing plants. Chartered c.1795, Hammerfest was heavily damaged by British naval bombardment in 1809, by fire in 1890, and by retreating German forces in 1944.

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Hammerfest

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Hammerfest, Norway With its harbour nestling at the foot of a cliff face on the island of Kvaløya, it takes its name from hammer ‘steep cliff’ and feste ‘mooring place’.

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Hammerfest

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Hammerfest •abreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, guest, hest, infest, ingest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest •manifest • talkfest • Hammerfest •Almagest • backrest • armrest •redbreast • headrest • imprest •chimney breast • footrest • firecrest •incest • palimpsest • unprocessed •road test • undervest • conquest

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