Víkarbyrgi
Víkarbyrgi is a former village on the Faroese island of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. It no longer has a population. It retains a postal code and is located at N 61° 26' 34 W 6° 43' 28.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2 residents
- Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Vigerberg”, “Vigerlirge”, and “Vikarbyrgi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beinisvørð and Kirvi.
Beinisvørð
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beinisvørð is a 469 metres high sea cliff in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, the highest sea cliff in Suðuroy. It is located between the villages of Lopra and Sumba. Beinisvørð is situated 2½ km southwest of Víkarbyrgi.
Kirvi
Peak
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kirvi is a mountain in Suðuroy, near the village Lopra. Kirvi is 236m high and its shape resembles that of a pyramid. The mountain is visible from the villages Lopra. Kirvi is situated 3 km west of Víkarbyrgi.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akrar and Lopra.
Akrar
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akrar is a village in the Faroe Islands. The population was 13 in 2024. It is located on Lopransfjørður, an inlet, which itself is part of Vágsfjørður, on the east-side of Suðuroy, and was founded in 1817.
Lopra
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lopra is a village on the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands, with the postal code FO 926. It is located in the Municipality of Sumba along with the villages of Akrar, Sumba and Víkarbyrgi, constituting the southernmost settlements in the Faroe Islands.
Nes
Village
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Nes is a village on the Faroese island of Suðuroy located in the municipality of Vágur. It is located west of Porkeri and east of Vágur. It should not be confused with another village by the same name on Eysturoy. Nes is situated 3½ km northwest of Víkarbyrgi.
Víkarbyrgi
- Categories: human settlement, abandoned village, and locality
- Location: Sunnbøur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.44265° or 61° 26′ 34″ northLongitude
-6.72821° or 6° 43′ 42″ westPopulation
2Elevation
64 metres (210 feet)Open location code
9CHMC7VC+3POpenStreetMap ID
node 29023823OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2610267Wikidata ID
Q1025383
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Víkarbyrgi” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Danish: “Vigerbirge”
- Danish: “Vikarbyrgi”
- Danish: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Dutch: “Vikarbyrgi”
- Dutch: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيكاربيرجى”
- Esperanto: “Baglhólmur”
- Esperanto: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Faroese: “Víkarbyrgi”
- French: “Víkarbyrgi”
- German: “Baglholmur”
- German: “Baglhólmur”
- German: “Hamrabyrgi”
- German: “Vigerbirge”
- German: “Vikarbyrgi”
- German: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Hungarian: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Irish: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vigerbirge”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Norwegian: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Polish: “Vikarbyrgi”
- Polish: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Portuguese: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Romanian: “Vikarbyrgi”
- Romanian: “Víkarbyrgi”
- Swedish: “Víkarbyrgi”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Víkarbyrgi”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.