These indications in hours are however only approximate, since the time varies according to the position of the place in question[66]. The word _eykt_ really designates any of these approximately three-hour divisions; but since the length of the day varies enormously so far north, the business of everyday life leads to an attempt at systematising, e. g. _rismál_ = ‘the time of rising’. The spot which the sun has reached at one of these divisions is therefore called _dagmálastað_, _nónstað_, _eyktarstað_ etc. This mode of determining time must be old since it is also found in Scandinavia, where it has given names to many mountain-peaks. In Baedeker I have only noticed:--_Middagsfjället_ in Jämtland, _Middagshorn_ in Norangdal, _Middagshaugen_ in Aardal, Sogn, _Middagsnib_ in Oldendal in the Nordfjord district, _Middagsberg_ on the Nærøfjord in Sogn, _Nonsnib_ above Loen Water in Nordfjord, _Solbjørgenut_ in the Nærøfjord, Sogn. From Fritzner’s Old Norwegian Lexicon (s. v. _eyktarstað_) I take:--_Durmaalstind_, _Rismaalsfjeld_, _Nonsfjeld_, _Natmaalstinden_, _Middagsfjeld_ in Tromsö ‘amt’ and in Finnmarken, _Eyktargnipa_ and _Undornfjeld_ in Mule Syssel in Iceland; the peak of the latter lies in the _nonstað_. Such names are common in Norway. In Sweden there are further:--_Middagsberget_ in Dalecarlia = Gesundaberget, just south of Mora; the name is found again in Härjedalen, in addition to _Nonsberget_, _Nonsknätten_ and _Middagshognan_. Lidén[67] instances similar names in S. Sweden and in England, and also those formed with _mosse_, ‘swamp’, _vik_, ‘bay’, and _åker_, ‘field’. It is easy to understand why _middag_, ‘noon’, everywhere predominates as a nomenclator. The Lapps also indicate time by the position of the sun in relation to the surrounding natural objects[68].