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Definition of Lofoten
1. Noun. A string of islands off the northwestern coast of Norway in the Norwegian Sea.
Generic synonyms: Archipelago
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lofoten
Literary usage of Lofoten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cod-liver Oil and Chemistry by Frantz Peckel Møller, Peter Møller Heyerdahl (1895)
"Lofoten FISHERIES importance. This theory receives a very remarkable corroboration
from observations of the sea temperatures at Lofoten. ..."
2. Adventure Guide Scandinavia by Henrik Berezin (2006)
"Although fishing is still a major reason why people come to Lofoten, ... It's no
wonder the mountains here are sometimes referred to as the Lofoten Wall. ..."
3. Norway, Sweden and Denmark: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm). (1892)
"216) is revealed a superb **View of the jagged chain of the Lofoten Islands ...
The chain of the "Lofoten Islands forms a wide curve starting from the ..."
4. Handbook for Travellers in Norway by John Murray (Firm) (1892)
"Geography,—The Lofoten group, bounded on the W. and N. by the Vestfjord, consists,
in addition to a few small islands, of the following 4 large ones, ..."
5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1857)
"... Lofoten ISLANDS—NORWAY, WEST COAST. The Royal Norwegian Marine Department at
Christiana has given notice, that on and after the first day of January, ..."
6. The Deposits of the Useful Minerals & Rocks: Their Origin, Form, and Content by Franz Heinrich August Beyschlag, Johan Herman Lie Vogt (1914)
"174 illustrates a similar occurrence in the Lofoten Islands, that of segregation
within gabbro or ... Differentiation diagram of the Lofoten ore. ..."
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