Skúvoy
Skúvoy or Skúgvoy is an island in the central Faroe Islands, located to the south of Sandoy. It is named after the large number of great skua present on the island.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: island with 32 residents
- Description: island in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Skuvoy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Knútur and Skúvoyar kirkja.
Knútur
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Knútur is marginally the highest point of Skúvoy in the central Faroe Islands. Located on the western side of the island, the hill has a height of 392 or 393 metres. Heyggjurin Mikli towards the south of Skúvoy is marginally lower at 391 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skúvoy and Skarvanes.
Skúvoy
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The village Skúvoy lies on the east side of the island with the same name. Skúvoy is the only village on the island. The inhabitants of Skúvoy mainly earn their living from agriculture.
Skarvanes
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skarvanes is a village on Sandoy, in the Faroe Islands. It temporarily became extinct in 2000 when its last permanent inhabitant died, though the population has since rebounded; as of 2013, the population is 13, with most of the houses being uses as holiday homes. Skarvanes is situated 5 km northeast of Skúvoy.
Skúvoy
- Location: Sandoyar, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Skúvoy” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Skúvoy”
- Azerbaijani: “Skuvoy adası”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Скувой”
- Belarusian: “Скувай”
- Belarusian: “Скувой”
- Catalan: “Skúvoy”
- Chinese: “斯库岛”
- Czech: “Skúvoy”
- Danish: “Skuø”
- Danish: “Skuvoy”
- Danish: “Skúvoy”
- Dutch: “Skuvoy”
- Dutch: “Skúvoy”
- Esperanto: “Skúvoy”
- Faroese: “Skúgvoy”
- Faroese: “Skúvoy”
- Finnish: “Skuvoy”
- Finnish: “Skúvoy”
- French: “Skuvoy”
- French: “Skúvoy”
- German: “Skugvoy”
- German: “Skúgvoy”
- German: “Skuvoy”
- German: “Skúvoy”
- Greek: “Σκούβοϊ”
- Hebrew: “סקובוי”
- Hungarian: “Skúvoy”
- Icelandic: “Skúfey”
- Icelandic: “Skúvoy”
- Irish: “Skúvoy”
- Italian: “Municipalità di Skúvoy”
- Italian: “Skúvoy”
- Japanese: “スキューヴォイ島”
- Korean: “스쿠보이섬”
- Latvian: “Skiuvoja”
- Lithuanian: “Skuvojus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skúgvoy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skúvoy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skúvoy”
- Norwegian: “Skúvoy”
- Ossetian: “Скувой”
- Polish: “Skuvoy”
- Polish: “Skúvoy”
- Portuguese: “Skúvoy”
- Romanian: “Skuvoy”
- Romanian: “Skúvoy”
- Russian: “Скувой”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Skúvoy”
- Slovak: “Skúvoy”
- Spanish: “Skuvoy”
- Spanish: “Skúvoy”
- Swedish: “Skuö”
- Swedish: “Skuvoy”
- Swedish: “Skúvoy”
- Turkish: “Skúvoy”
- Ukrainian: “Скувой”
- Vietnamese: “Skúvoy”
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Notable Places Nearby
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