Skipanes
Skipanes is a hamlet on the Faeroese island of Eysturoy in Runavík Municipality. Founded in 1841, the population as of August 2022 was 55 people. In amalgamation with undir Gøtueiði in Eysturkommuna, it forms a tiny conurbation; a small creek acts as a border between the two settlements.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Undir Mýruhjalla and Gøtu Church.
Undir Mýruhjalla
Pitch
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Undir Mýruhjalla is a stadium in Skála, Faroe Islands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Skála ÍF. The stadium holds 1,000 people and opened in 1968. Undir Mýruhjalla hosted the Faroe Islands Cup final in 1984.
Gøtu Church
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gøtu Church is situated 2½ km northeast of Skipanes.
Norðragøta Church
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Norðragøta Church is situated 3 km northeast of Skipanes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gøtueiði and Skála.
Gøtueiði
Village
Gøtueiði a town in the Faroe Islands, located deep in the Skalafjordur-inlet on Eysturoy, founded in 1850. The village has now grown towards its neighbour-village Skipanes.
Skála
Village
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Skála (reclaimed its original name Skála as opposed to incorrect Skáli in 2011; is a village on the east coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy, located in Runavík Municipality.
Syðrugøta
Village
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Syðrugøta is a village on the east coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in Eystur Municipality. As of January 2024, it has a population of 506. Its postal code is FO 513.
Skipanes
- Type: Village with 53 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Runavík, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.17347° or 62° 10′ 25″ northLongitude
-6.77024° or 6° 46′ 13″ westPopulation
53Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
9CJM56FH+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023802OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2613735Wikidata ID
Q1079313
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Skipanes” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Skipanes”
- Danish: “Skibenæs”
- Danish: “Skipanes”
- Dutch: “Skipanes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سكيپانيس”
- Faroese: “Skipanes”
- French: “Skipanes”
- German: “Skipanes”
- Hungarian: “Skipanes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skibenæs”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skipanes”
- Norwegian: “Skipanes”
- Romanian: “Skipanes”
- Swedish: “Skipanes”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Skipanes”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.