Trongisvágsfjørður
Trongisvágsfjørður is a fjord on the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. There are four villages around the fjord. Furthest east on the northern side of the fjord is Froðba, in the bottom of the fjord is Trongisvágur.Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Bay
- Description: fjord on the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Trangisvaag”, “Trangisvåg”, “Trangisvåg Fjord”, “Trongisvagsfjordhur”, and “Trongisvágur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of Tvoroyri and Krambatangi.
Church of Tvoroyri
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Tvoroyri is a national church in Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands. It was constructed in Norway as a building set, moved to Tvøroyri and then built there in 1908.
Krambatangi
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Krambatangi is the ferry port of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. The ferry MS Smyril M/F disembarks 2–3 times daily from Krambatangi to Tórshavn. Krambatangi is located on the southern side of Trongisvágsfjørður halfway between Trongisvágur and Øravík, opposite Tvøroyri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tvøroyri and Øravíkarlíð.
Tvøroyri
Town
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tvøroyri is a village on the north side of the Trongisvágsfjørður on the east coast of Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands. Together with Froðba, Trongisvágur, Líðin and Øravík it forms Tvøroyri Municipality.
Øravíkarlíð
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Øravíkarlíð or Líðin is a village on the island of Suðuroy, the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The population was 60 in December 2008.
Trongisvágur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trongisvágur is a village on the island of Suduroy in the Faroe Islands. Trongisvágur is the village in the bottom of Trongisvágsfjørður on the east coast of Suduroy.
Trongisvágsfjørður
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.55205° or 61° 33′ 7″ northLongitude
-6.81187° or 6° 48′ 43″ westElevation
85 metres (279 feet)Open location code
9CHMH52Q+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 302101747OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Trongisvágsfjørður” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Trongisvágsfjørður”
- Danish: “Trongisvágsfjørður”
- Dutch: “Trongisvágsfjørður”
- Faroese: “Trongisvágsfjørður”
- French: “Trongisvágsfjørður”
- German: “Trongisvagsfjördur”
- German: “Trongisvágsfjørður”
- Lithuanian: “Trongisvagsfjordas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Trongisvágsfjørður”
- Norwegian: “Trongisvágsfjørður”
- Portuguese: “Trongisvágsfjørður”
- Swedish: “Trongisvágsfjørður”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Handilsbygningar hjá T. F. Thomsen and Undir Heygnum.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tvøroyrar Bygda- og Sjóvinnusavn and Pakkhús 4.
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