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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 243 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NARVIK  or VICTORIAHAVN, a seaport on the Ofoten

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Fjord of the
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north-
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west
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coast of
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Norway, in Nordland amt (
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county), 68° 30' N . It is wholly
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modern,
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developed by the construction and completion (1903) of the Ofoten railway, the most northerly in the
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world . There are extensive quays, from which is shipped the
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iron ore from the
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rich districts traversed by the
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line . Narvik is 167 m . N.W. of
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Gellivara, and 982 N. by W. of
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Stockholm by the railway . In summer
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express trains
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cover the whole distance in two days . Narvik is a convenient point from which to visit the beautiful Lofoten Islands .

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