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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A town of northern Norway on an island in the Arctic Ocean. It is the northernmost town of Europe, with uninterrupted daylight from May 16 to July 26.

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  • The main hosts of the "Hammerfest" gathering were members of the Portland-based Volksfront International, a group that originated from Oregon and which is by far the most significant neo-Nazi organization in our state.

    portland indymedia - features 2009

  • The main hosts of the "Hammerfest" gathering were members of the Portland-based Volksfront International, a group that originated from Oregon and which is by far the most significant neo-Nazi organization in our state.

    portland indymedia - features 2009

  • The gas was to be processed on Melkoya, a small island near Hammerfest, and sent as LNG to Europe and the U.S.

    Norwegian Oil Firm Goes to Energy's Last Frontier 2009

  • The Snoehvit gas field -- the name means Snow White in Norwegian -- was discovered in 1984 off Hammerfest, a small fishing community that is the northern-most town in the world.

    Norwegian Oil Firm Goes to Energy's Last Frontier 2009

  • Allan Klo Statoilhydro's pioneering liquefied natural gas plant on an island off Hammerfest in Norway has encountered an array of problems.

    Norwegian Oil Firm Goes to Energy's Last Frontier 2009

  • But Hammerfest lacked the infrastructure and manpower to construct one.

    Norwegian Oil Firm Goes to Energy's Last Frontier 2009

  • All the production equipment is on the ocean floor, so the drifting ice is not a problem, and the wellhead links by 89 miles of pipe to a small island just off Hammerfest.

    The Arctic Oil Rush Shoumatoff, Alex 2008

  • On a much larger scale, Statoil plans to construct an LNG export terminal at Melkoya, near Hammerfest.

    North Sea, Europe 2008

  • Snohvit will combine production from three gas fields (Snohvit, Albatross, and Askeladd), a pipeline connecting these fields to an onshore receiving terminal near Hammerfest, and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal.

    Energy profile of Norway 2007

  • On a much larger scale, Statoil plans to construct an LNG export terminal at Melkoya, near Hammerfest.

    Energy profile of Norway 2007

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