Sumba

Sumba is the southernmost village of the , located on the island of Suðuroy. It is located in Sumbiar Municipality.
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  • Type: Village with 243 residents
  • Description: village in the Faroe Islands
  • Also known as: “Sumba, Faroe Islands”, “Sumbiarholmur”, “Sumbiarhólmur”, “Sumbö”, “Sunnböur”, and “Sunnbøur”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sumbiar kirkja and Beinisvørð.

Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Scenic viewpoint
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is a 469 metres high sea cliff in Suðuroy… is situated 3 km northwest of Sumba.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Akraberg and Víkarbyrgi.

Hamlet
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the southern tip of , 5 km south from the village of Sumba, in the .

Village
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is a former village on the Faroese island of , . is situated 4½ km north of Sumba.

Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village on the island of in the , with the postal code FO 926. is situated 5 km northwest of Sumba.

Sumba

Latitude
61.40333° or 61° 24′ 12″ north
Longitude
-6.71174° or 6° 42′ 42″ west
Population
243
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
9CHMC73Q+88
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29023808
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2612128
Wiki­data ID
Q901784
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Sumba” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Sumba”
  • Cebuano: “Sumba”
  • Chinese: “松巴”
  • Danish: “Sumba”
  • Danish: “Sumbø”
  • Dutch: “Sumba”
  • Faroese: “Sumba”
  • Finnish: “Sumba”
  • French: “Sumba”
  • Galician: “Sumba”
  • German: “Sumba”
  • Greek: “Σούμπα”
  • Hungarian: “Sumba”
  • Icelandic: “Sunnbær”
  • Lithuanian: “Sumba”
  • Manx: “Sumba, Ellanyn ny Geyrragh”
  • Manx: “Sumba”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sumba”
  • Norwegian: “Sumba”
  • Ossetian: “Сумбæ”
  • Polish: “Sumba”
  • Portuguese: “Sumba”
  • Romanian: “Sumba, Insulele Feroe”
  • Romanian: “Sumba”
  • Russian: “Сумба”
  • Slovenian: “Sumba”
  • Spanish: “Sumba”
  • Swedish: “Sumba”
  • Turkish: “Sumba”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Garðar and Hellurnar.

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Highlights: Bygdasavn and Høgamøl.

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