Skælingur
Skælingur is a village on the west of the main Faroese island of Streymoy in the Kvívík Municipality. The 2010 population was 13. Its postal code is FO 336.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 13 residents
- Description: settlement on Streymoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Skæling”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Leynar.
Lake Leynar
Lake
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Lake Leynar is a lake on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. Lake Leynar is the sixth-largest natural lake in the Faroe Islands and it measures 0.18 square kilometers. Lake Leynar is situated 4 km north of Skælingur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leynar and Oyrareingir.
Leynar
Village
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Leynar is a village in the Faroe Islands, a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark. The village is situated on the western coast of the island of Streymoy in the municipality of Kvívíkar. Leynar is situated 3 km northwest of Skælingur.
Oyrareingir
Village
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Oyrareingir is a village on the Faroese island Streymoy in Tórshavn Municipality. It is situated at the very head of the Kollafjørður-fjord, on either side of the mouth of the Dalá river. Oyrareingir is situated 3 km east of Skælingur.
Stykkið
Village
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Stykkið is a village on the west coast of the Faroese island Streymoy in Kvívík Municipality. The 2005 population was 42. Its postal code is FO 330. Stykkið was founded in 1845. Stykkið is situated 3 km northwest of Skælingur.
Skælingur
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kvívík, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.09515° or 62° 5′ 43″ northLongitude
-7.00706° or 7° 0′ 25″ westPopulation
13Elevation
73 metres (240 feet)Open location code
9CJJ3XWV+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 29023797OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2613695Wikidata ID
Q845935
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Skælingur” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Skælingur”
- Catalan: “Skælingur”
- Danish: “Skælingur”
- Danish: “Skælling”
- Dutch: “Skaelingur”
- Dutch: “Skælingur”
- Esperanto: “Skælingur”
- Faroese: “Skælingur”
- French: “Skælingur”
- German: “Skælingur”
- Hungarian: “Skælingur”
- Irish: “Skælingur”
- Italian: “Skælingur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skælingur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skælling”
- Norwegian: “Skælingur”
- Polish: “Skælingur”
- Romanian: “Skaelingur”
- Romanian: “Skælingur”
- Swedish: “Skaelingur”
- Swedish: “Skælingur”
- Swedish: “Skälingur”
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Localities in the Area
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