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Svínoy

Svínoy is the only village on the northern island in . Until 1 January 2009 it was the only village in the now abolished Svínoy Municipality.
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  • Type: Village with 31 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Svinö”, “Svinö Bygd”, “Svinoy”, “Svínoy, Svínoy”, and “Svínoyarbygd”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kirkja and Hattervig.

Village
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is a village on the island of , . It is located on the south-tip of the island, and its land is stretching all over the western side of the island, including a small enclave in the now uninhabited Skarðsvík. is situated 4½ km north of Svínoy.

Village
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Hattarvík is a small village on the east side of the island of , , and is the easternmost settlement in the Faroes archipelago. The village is encircled by high mountains on three sides. is situated 7 km northeast of Svínoy.

Village
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is a small settlement on the Faroese island of in the municipality. The 2023 population was 3. Its postal code is FO 736. is situated on the east coast of at the end of the second tunnel on the road from Klaksvik. is situated 9 km west of Svínoy.

Svínoy

Latitude
62.27803° or 62° 16′ 41″ north
Longitude
-6.34236° or 6° 20′ 33″ west
Population
31
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
Open location code
9CJM7MH5+63
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29023805
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2611990
Wiki­data ID
Q1416487
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Svínoy” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Свуйнай”
  • Catalan: “Svínoy”
  • Chinese: “斯温岛”
  • Danish: “Svinø”
  • Danish: “Svínoy bygd”
  • Dutch: “Svínoy”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سڤينوى”
  • Faroese: “Svínoy”
  • Greek: “Σβίνοϊ”
  • Hebrew: “סוינוי”
  • Hungarian: “Svínoy”
  • Korean: “스비노이”
  • Lithuanian: “Svuinojus”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svínoy”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svínoy”
  • Ossetian: “Свуйной”
  • Romanian: “Svínoy, Svínoy”
  • Romanian: “Svinoy”
  • Romanian: “Svínoy”
  • Russian: “Свуйной”
  • Swedish: “Svínoy, Svínoy”
  • Swedish: “Svinoy”
  • Swedish: “Svínoy”
  • Ukrainian: “Свуйной”

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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 “Svínoy”. Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.