Svínoy
Svínoy is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands, to the east of Borðoy and Viðoy. It takes its name from Old Norse, Svíney, meaning "Swine Isle".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Svinö” and “Svinoy”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Svínoy and Kirkja.
Svínoy
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Svínoy is the only village on the northern Faroese island of the same name in Klaksvík Municipality. Until 1 January 2009 it was the only village in the now abolished Svínoy Municipality.
Kirkja
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkja is a village on the island of Fugloy, Faroe Islands. 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. Kirkja is situated 6 km north of Svínoy.
Hattervig
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hattarvík is a small village on the east side of the island of Fugloy, Faroe Islands, and is the easternmost settlement in the Faroes archipelago. The village is encircled by high mountains on three sides. Hattervig is situated 8 km northeast of Svínoy.
Svínoy
- Category: landform
- Location: Northern Islands, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Svínoy” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Svínoy”
- Azerbaijani: “Svuynoy adası”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Свуйной”
- Belarusian: “Свуйнай”
- Belarusian: “Свуйной”
- Catalan: “Svínoy”
- Chinese: “斯温岛”
- Czech: “Svínoy”
- Danish: “Svinoy”
- Danish: “Svínoy”
- Danish: “Svínoyar kommuna”
- Dutch: “Svinoy”
- Dutch: “Svínoy”
- Esperanto: “Svínoy”
- Faroese: “Svínoy”
- Finnish: “Svinoy”
- Finnish: “Svínoy”
- Finnish: “Svínoyar”
- French: “Svinoy”
- French: “Svínoy”
- German: “Schweineinsel”
- German: “Svinoy”
- German: “Svínoy”
- Greek: “Σβίνοϊ”
- Hebrew: “סוינוי”
- Hungarian: “Svínoy”
- Icelandic: “Svíney”
- Icelandic: “Svínoy”
- Irish: “Svínoy”
- Italian: “Svínoy”
- Japanese: “スヴイノイ島”
- Korean: “스비노이섬”
- Latvian: “Svuinoja”
- Lithuanian: “Svuinojus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Svinø”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Svinoy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Svínoy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Svínoy”
- Norwegian: “Svínoy”
- Ossetian: “Свиной”
- Ossetian: “Свуйной”
- Polish: “Svinoy”
- Polish: “Svínoy”
- Portuguese: “Svínoy”
- Romanian: “Svinoy”
- Romanian: “Svínoy”
- Russian: “Свиной”
- Russian: “Свуйной”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Svínoy”
- Slovak: “Svínoy”
- Spanish: “Svino”
- Spanish: “Svinø”
- Spanish: “Svinoy”
- Spanish: “Svínoy”
- Swedish: “Havnartindur”
- Swedish: “Svinoy”
- Swedish: “Svínoy”
- Turkish: “Svínoy”
- Ukrainian: “Свуйной”
- Vietnamese: “Svínoy”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kjóadalur and Knúkur.
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