The nation's largest natural lake (366 km2, 141 sq miles), lying 55 km (34 miles) north of Oslo. It is surrounded by an extensive cultivated area, growing grain and potatoes, and small manufacturing towns.
Mo i Rana
Town some 30 km (20 miles) south of the Arctic Circle, where a major state-owned iron and steelworks was built in the 1950s to combat local unemployment. The Dunderland valley, which the town lies near, has been mined intermittently for a century, but most of the ore for the works is brought from the Sydvaranger mine in Finnmark. Energy comes from the nearby Rossaga hydroelectric power station and from imported coal. Byproducts of the works include zinc, copper and sulphur. The town also has port facilities.
North Cape (Nordkapp)
One of Europe's most northerly points - 500 km (310 miles) north of the Arctic Circle. It is a promontory rising 300 m (1000 ft) on Mageroya (Mager island), about 95 km (59 miles) northeast of Hammerfest. It is not quite Europe's northernmost cape, being just beaten by the nearby, but less accessible, Knivskjellodden. North Cape is a popular tourist destination for visitors wanting to see the midnight sun in summer.
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