Slættaratindur

Slættaratindur is the highest mountain in the , at an elevation of 880 metres. It is located in the northern part of , between the villages of , , and .
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 882 metres
  • Description: mountain
  • Also known as: “Slættaretindur” and “Slattaratinde”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gráfelli and Lake Eiði.

Peak
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is the second highest mountain of the located on the island of . It has an elevation of 856 metres. Slættaratindur just south-east of the mountain is 24 metres higher at 880 metres, the highest point of the Faroes. lies at the foot of both Slættaratindur and .

Reservoir
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is a lake on the island of in the . is located between the villages of and . It is the fifth-largest natural lake in the Faroe Islands, with a natural size of 47 hectares that has been increased to 1.14 square kilometers.

Church
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Funninger Church, in the village of , is one of the 10 remaining old wooden churches in the built between 1829 and 1847. It was inaugurated on 30 November 1847, and is for that reason the newest of the old traditional wooden churches.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Funningur and Eiði.

Village
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is a village on the . It is located on the northwest coast of . It was the only village in the municipality called Funnings kommuna, which on 1 January 2009 became part of Runavíkar kommuna.

Village
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Eysturoy is part of the in the North Atlantic. Eysturoy, meaning "east island", is the second-largest island in the Faroe Islands, both in size and population.

Village
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is a village located on in the , in . It is located 4 km south of and 4 km north of . The village was founded around 1840.

Slættaratindur

Latitude
62.29672° or 62° 17′ 48″ north
Longitude
-7.0132° or 7° 0′ 48″ west
Elevation
882 metres (2,894 feet)
Open location code
9CJJ7XWP+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 411299256
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
2613398
Wiki­data ID
Q738746
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Venetian—“Slættaratindur” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Slaettaratindur”
  • Asturian: “Slættaratindur”
  • Azerbaijani: “Slattaratindur”
  • Basque: “Slættaratindur”
  • Belarusian: “Слатараціндур”
  • Belarusian: “Слаттаратындур”
  • Belarusian: “Слятаратындур”
  • Breton: “Slættaratindur”
  • Bulgarian: “Слайтаратиндур”
  • Catalan: “Slættaratindur”
  • Chinese: “斯莱塔拉山”
  • Chinese: “斯萊塔拉山”
  • Czech: “nejvyšší hora Faerských ostrovů”
  • Czech: “Slaettaratindur”
  • Czech: “Slættaratindur”
  • Danish: “Slættaratindur”
  • Dutch: “Slaettaratindur”
  • Dutch: “Slættaratindur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل سلايتاراتيندور”
  • Faroese: “Slættaratindur”
  • Finnish: “Slaettaratindur”
  • Finnish: “Slættaratindur”
  • French: “Slaettaratindur”
  • French: “Slættaratindur”
  • German: “Slaetaratindur”
  • German: “Slættaratindur”
  • German: “Slättaratindur”
  • Hebrew: “סלטארטינטור”
  • Hungarian: “Slættaratindur”
  • Icelandic: “Slættaratindur”
  • Italian: “Slættaratindur”
  • Japanese: “スラッタラティンドル山”
  • Ladin: “Slættaratindur”
  • Latvian: “Sleataratindurs”
  • Lithuanian: “Sletaratinduras”
  • Macedonian: “Слатаратиндур”
  • Manx: “Slættaratindur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Slættaratindur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Slættaratindur”
  • Norwegian: “Slættaratindur”
  • Ossetian: “Слаттаратиндур”
  • Polish: “Slaettaratindur”
  • Polish: “Slættaratindur”
  • Portuguese: “Slættaratindur”
  • Russian: “Слаттаратиндур”
  • Spanish: “Slaettaratindur”
  • Spanish: “Slættaratindur”
  • Swedish: “Slaettaratindur”
  • Swedish: “Slættaratindur”
  • Swedish: “Slättaratindur”
  • Ukrainian: “Слаттаратіндур”
  • Venetian: “Slættaratindur”

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