Skálavík
Skálavík is a village and municipality on the eastern coast of the Faroese island Sandoy. Skálavík has about 154 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 154 residents
- Description: settlement on Sandoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Skaalevig” and “Skalavik”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skálavík Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Húsavík and Dalur.
Húsavík
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Húsavík is an old village located on the east of the island of Sandoy, in Húsavík Municipality, Faroe Islands. In the centre of Húsavík there is a ruin called ‘Heimi á Garði’.
Dalur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dalur is a village in the Faroe Islands. Dalur is located on the east-side of Sandoy. The village lies in the bottom of a relatively large valley. Dalur means valley in Faroese. Dalur is situated 5 km south of Skálavík.
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 6 km southwest of Skálavík.
Skálavík
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Skálavík, Sandoyar, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.83027° or 61° 49′ 49″ northLongitude
-6.66403° or 6° 39′ 51″ westPopulation
154Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
9CHMR8JP+49OpenStreetMap ID
node 29023791OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2613921Wikidata ID
Q1093560
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Skálavík” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Skálavík”
- Chinese: “斯卡拉维克”
- Chinese: “斯考拉维克”
- Czech: “Skálavík”
- Danish: “Skalavik”
- Danish: “Skálavík”
- Danish: “Skålevig”
- Dutch: “Skalavik”
- Dutch: “Skálavík”
- Faroese: “Skálavík”
- French: “Skálavík”
- German: “Skalavik”
- German: “Skálavík”
- Hungarian: “Skálavík”
- Irish: “Skálavík”
- Japanese: “スコーラヴィーク”
- Lithuanian: “Skalavikas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skálavík”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skålevig”
- Norwegian: “Skálavík”
- Romanian: “Skalavik”
- Romanian: “Skálavík”
- Spanish: “Skalavik”
- Spanish: “Skálavík”
- Swedish: “Skalavík”
- Swedish: “Skálavík”
- Turkish: “Skálavík”
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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 “Skálavík”. Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.