Alteugaard

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 199

Alteugaard, a hamlet in Finmarken, the northernmost province of Norway, situated on the south side of the Alten Fiord, in 69° 55' N. lat. Beyond this point, no cultivation is attempted; and even here, potatoes and barley alone are produced. There is here a meteorological and magnetic station.

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