Selvík
Selvík is a small bay on the southside of Sørvágsfjørður. It is about one kilometer to the west of the village Sørvágur in the Faroe Islands. In 1901 the owners of the whaling station in Norðdepli, decided to build a new station in Selvík.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: small bay on the southside of Sørvágsfjørður
- Also known as: “Sælvig” and “Selvik”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skeidin and Bíggjar church.
Skeidin
Peak
Skeiðin is a mountain above the village of Sørvágur in the Faroe Islands. It lies between the village itself and the bay of Selvík. On the top of the mountain is a radio transmitter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bøur and Sørvágur.
Bøur
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vágar is an island in the Faroe Islands, the island is also called Vága in combination with other words.
Sørvágur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sørvágur is a village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands. It is located at the landward end of Sørvágsfjørður. Sørvágur is the largest village in Sørvágur Municipality.
Vatnsoyrar
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vatnsoyrar is a village founded in 1921 in the middle of the Faroese island of Vagar. Vatnsoyrar, being created in 1921, is one of the youngest settlements in the Faroes.
Selvík
- Categories: fjord and body of water
- Location: Vágar, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.07294° or 62° 4′ 23″ northLongitude
-7.35863° or 7° 21′ 31″ westElevation
166 metres (545 feet)Open location code
9CJJ3JFR+5GOpenStreetMap ID
node 302100126OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Selvík” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Selvík”
- Swedish: “Selvík”
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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 “Selvík”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.