Lake Toftir
Lake Toftir is a lake on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Lake Toftir is located between the villages of Toftir and Rituvík. It is the fourth-largest natural lake in the Faroe Islands and it measures 51 hectares.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake
- Description: lake on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Tofte-Vand”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Svangaskarð and Við Løkin.
Svangaskarð
Pitch
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Svangaskarð, also referred to as Tofta Leikvøllur, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toftir, Faroe Islands with two football fields and a sports arena for athletics around the lower field.
Við Løkin
Pitch
Photo: Timmietovenaar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Við Løkin is a stadium in Runavík, Faroe Islands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of NSÍ Runavík. The stadium holds 1,500 people.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Toftir and Runavík.
Toftir
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Toftir is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometers on the east side of Skálafjørður on Eysturoy island.
Runavík
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in Runavík Municipality, Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy.
Nes
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nes is a village in Nes Municipality on the southwest coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy.
Lake Toftir
- Category: body of water
- Location: Nes, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.09569° or 62° 5′ 45″ northLongitude
-6.71597° or 6° 42′ 58″ westElevation
75 metres (246 feet)Open location code
9CJM37WM+7JOpenStreetMap ID
way 40779239OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
2611584Wikidata ID
Q1322013
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Toftir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Lake Toftir” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Toftavatn”
- Chinese: “托夫蒂尔湖”
- Danish: “Toftavatn”
- Faroese: “Toftavatn”
- Hungarian: “Toftavatn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Toftavatn”
- Norwegian: “Toftavatn”
- Spanish: “Toftavatn”
- Swedish: “Toftavatn”
- Welsh: “Llyn Toftir”
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Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Lake Toftir”. Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.