Æðuvík
Encyclopedia
Æðuvík. This community founded in 1897 is located on the southernmost tip of Eysturoy
island of the Faroe Islands
. Its postal code is FO 645. Its population is about 100, and it is located at N 62° 4' 11 W 6° 41' 24. The village is located in the Runavík municipality along with Glyvur, Runavík
, Saltangará
, Rituvík
, Skipanes
, Søldarfjørður
, Elduvík
, Funningsfjørður
, Glyvrar
, Oyndarfjørður
, Skáli
, Skálafjørður
, Lambi
, and Lambareiði
.
Eysturoy
Eysturoy means East island and is the second-largest of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, both in size and population. It is separated by a narrow sound from the main island of Streymoy. Eysturoy is extremely rugged, with some 66 separate mountain peaks, including Slættaratindur, the...
island of the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
. Its postal code is FO 645. Its population is about 100, and it is located at N 62° 4' 11 W 6° 41' 24. The village is located in the Runavík municipality along with Glyvur, Runavík
Runavík
Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in the Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy. The municipality of the same name incorporates 14 settlements including Æðuvík, Rituvík, Saltangará, Glyvrar, Lambi, Lambareiði, Søldarfjørður, Skipanes, Skáli, Skálafjørður,...
, Saltangará
Saltangará
Saltangará was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of Eysturoy Skalafjordur-inlet between Rituvík and Søldarfjørður....
, Rituvík
Rituvík
Rituvík is a small village on the southeast side of the Faroese island of Eysturoy located in the municipality of Runavíkar. Founded in 1873, its current church was built in 1855. The name Rituvík means Kittiwake Cove....
, Skipanes
Skipanes
Skipanes is a village on the Faeroese island Eysturoy in the Runavíkar municipality. The 2005 population was 59. Its postal code is FO-665. Skipanes was founded in 1841.It is home to Terji Skibenæs, the guitarist of the Faeroese Viking Metal group Týr....
, Søldarfjørður
Søldarfjørður
Søldarfjørður is a village in the south of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Runavíkar municipality. The 2002 population was 344. Its postal code is FO 660.-External links:*-See also:...
, Elduvík
Elduvík
Elduvík is a small village in the Faroe Islands. Elduvík is located in the Funningsfjørður-inlet on Eysturoy's northeast side. The village which has a population of 23 is split into two parts by a small river. The church in Elduvík dates from 1952...
, Funningsfjørður
Funningsfjørður
Funningsfjørður is a village located at the end of a fjord of the same name . It was founded in 1812, with Elduvikar as its municipality.There was a whaling station in Funningsfjørður from 1902 to 1913....
, Glyvrar
Glyvrar
Glyvrar is a village located on Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands.It is one of several villages on the eastside of Skalafjørður that have grown into a 10 kilometre long conurbation.In Glyvrar there is a museum called ’Bygdasavnid Forni’...
, Oyndarfjørður
Oyndarfjørður
Oyndarfjørður is a village on the northeastern coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Runavíkar municipality. The 2005 population was 180. Its postal code is FO 690. The town's church dates from 1838. It is famous for two rinkusteinar, or rocking stones, located in the sea nearby.The name...
, Skáli
Skáli
Skáli is a village on the east coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy, located in the Runavíkar municipality. Its postal code is FO 480. In 2005 its population was 618...
, Skálafjørður
Skálafjørður
Skálafjørður, also known as Kongshavn is a fjord in Eysturoy. It is the largest fjord in the Faroe Islands...
, Lambi
Lambi
Lambi, locally known as Lamba , is a small village in the bottom of the inlet Lambavík on the East coast of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands.There are similarly named places, Lamba in Shetland and Lambay in Ireland.-Settlement:...
, and Lambareiði
Lambareiði
Lambareiði is a village on the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Runavíkar municipality. The 2005 population was 7. Its postal code is FO 626.-External links:*-See also:* List of towns in the Faroe Islands* List of places with fewer than ten residents...
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External links
- Faeroislands.dk page on Æðuvík.