Skálabotnur
Skálafjørður, also known as Skálabotnur, is a village at the end of the Skálafjørður fjord on the Faroese island of Eysturoy located in Runavík Municipality.Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 132 residents
- Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Skaalebotn”, “Skalabotnur”, “Skálafjørður”, and “Skålebotn”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kambsdalur and Selatrað.
Kambsdalur
Village
Photo: Terjibeder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kambsdalur is a suburb of Fuglafjørður on the Faroe Islands. It was settled on 5 October 1985 in the valley "Ytri Dalur" which is both a part of Eystur municipality and Fuglafjørður municipality. Kambsdalur is situated 3½ km northeast of Skálabotnur.
Selatrað
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Selatrað is a village on the west coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in Sjóvar Municipality. The name Selatrað refers to a breeding place for seals. Selatrað is situated 4 km south of Skálabotnur.
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. Gøtueiði is situated 5 km southeast of Skálabotnur.
Skálabotnur
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.19572° or 62° 11′ 45″ northLongitude
-6.85733° or 6° 51′ 26″ westPopulation
132Elevation
87 metres (285 feet)Open location code
9CJM54WV+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 29023790OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2613929Wikidata ID
Q1079334
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Skálabotnur” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Skálabotnur”
- Danish: “Skalabotnur”
- Danish: “Skálabotnur”
- Danish: “Skålefjord”
- Dutch: “Skalabotnur”
- Dutch: “Skálabotnur”
- Dutch: “Skalafjordur”
- Dutch: “Skálafjørður”
- Faroese: “Skálabotnur”
- Faroese: “Skálafjørður”
- French: “Skálabotnur”
- German: “I Skalafirdi”
- German: “Í Skálafirði”
- German: “Skalabotnur”
- German: “Skálabotnur”
- Hungarian: “Skálabotnur”
- Irish: “Skálabotnur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Í Skálafirði”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skálabotnur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skálafjørður”
- Norwegian: “Í Skálafirði”
- Romanian: “Skalabotnur”
- Romanian: “Skálabotnur”
- Swedish: “Skalabotnur”
- Swedish: “Skálabotnur”
- Swedish: “Skálafjördur”
- Swedish: “Skálafjørður”
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