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Volume 15 · 213 words · 1860 Edition

a village and parish of Norway, in the province of Aggershus, is situated on the Drammen, 25 miles W. of Christiania. In the neighbourhood there are extensive cobalt mines, and manufactories of smalt. Pop. 4500.

MÖEN, an island of Denmark, in the Baltic, S.E. of Zealand, Lat. (of lighthouse on S.E. point) 54° 57' N., Long. 12° 37' E. It has a length of 18 miles, an extreme breadth of 13, and an area of 87 square miles. It is separated from Zealand by the Ulf Sound, and from Falster on the S. by the Grøen Sound. The scenery of this island is highly picturesque and beautiful. From the one end to the other, along the E. coast, there extends a range of hills, many of the summits of which are richly wooded, whilst others are quite bare. The highest altitude to which these hills rise is only 460 feet, and the rest of the island is low, flat, and fertile. There are numerous glens and ravines, through which brooks and torrents flow in all directions from the hills. Møen has no rivers of any size, but there are a few small yet deep lakes. The chief town is Stege, on the N.W. coast, which has a good harbour. Pop. of island, 13,200.