World Directory, Europe, Norway, Finnmark, Finnmark

Gamvik is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mehamn. The municipality of Gamvik was separated from Tana on 1 July 1913.

The municipality consists of the eastern half of the Nordkyn peninsula. Kinnarodden is the northernmost point of mainland Europe (The North Cape is on Magerøya island). Most people live in the village of Mehamn (about 700 inhabitants), which has an airport, Mehamn Airport, and is also a port of call of the hurtigruten coastal boats. Gamvik and Skjånes are two other villages in the county. The Slettnes lighthouse near the village of Gamvik is the northernmost lighthouse on the mainland of Europe.

World Directory, Europe, Norway, Aust-Agder, Arendal

The island of Merdo, an island far from the coast facing the Skagerrak, was a major export port in the 17th and 18th centuries and now has a museum, a kiosk, and several beaches. There is regular boat service from Arendal to the island every day during the summer season.

World Directory, Europe, United Kingdom, England, Dorset

Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England. Located near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach at the confluence of the River Brit and its Asker and Simene tributaries, it originally thrived as a fishing port and rope-making centre (the hangman's rope being made at Bridport gave birth to the saying "stabbed with a Bridport dagger"). The port is no longer in existence although the harbour at West Bay is a mile away.

World Directory, Europe, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Eysturoy

Runavík is a village in the Faroe Islands in the south of the isle of Eysturoy. There is a municipality of the same name, and there are over 10 kilometre long residential area on the east bank Skalafjordur (a fjord). Founded in 1916, it has an important fishing port.

World Directory, Europe, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands

Vagur meaning Bay is a town on the Faroe Islands of Suduroy, it is situated on the east coast of the island on the Vagsfjordur fjord, and dates from the fourteenth century.

World Directory, Europe, France, Nord-Pas de Calais, Pas-de-Calais

Boulogne-sur-Mer is a city in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais.

World Directory, Europe, Iceland, Fjardabyggd, Reydarfjordur

Reydarfjordur is a town in Iceland. The town is at the bottom of the eponymous largest fjord in the east coast of Iceland. The town has about 1200 inhabitants. Like most other towns in the East Fjords of Iceland, it is surrounded with beautiful mountains. Although the climate is particularly rainy and foggy, on clear summer days it often has the highest temperatures in Iceland.

World Directory, Europe, Iceland, Fjardabyggd, Eskifjordur

Eskifjordur is a port in eastern Iceland with a large fishing industry. It has a population of 972.

World Directory, Europe, United Kingdom, Scotland, Aberdeenshire

Inverurie is a Royal Burgh in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately 16 miles (26 km) north west of Aberdeen on the A96 road and is served by Inverurie railway station on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal

Hibberdene is a small coastal town on KwaZulu-Natal south coast in South Africa. It was named after C. Maxwell-Hibberd, the former postmaster-general of Natal.