Sandvík

Sandvík is the northernmost village of the island of in the . It is situated on the northern side of a shallow fjord. The village was previously known as Hvalvík.
Wikipedia
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  • Village with 71 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 140 metres (460 feet)
  • Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sandvíkar kirkja.
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hvalba and Hvalbiareiði.
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is a village and a municipality in the… is situated 4 km south of Sandvík.
is also called Fiskieiði, it is located… is situated 5 km south of Sandvík.
Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village on the island of Suduroy in the . is situated 9 km southeast of Sandvík.

Sandvík

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Latitude
61.63418° or 61° 38′ 3″ north
Longitude
-6.92884° or 6° 55′ 44″ west
Open location code
9CHMJ3MC+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29023788
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2614203
Wiki­data ID
Q1025816

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Urdu—“Sandvík” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Sandvík”
  • Chinese: “桑维克”
  • Czech: “Sandvík”
  • Danish: “Sandvig”
  • Danish: “Sandvík”
  • Dutch: “Sandvík”
  • Esperanto: “Sandvík”
  • Faroese: “Sandvík”
  • French: “Sandvík”
  • German: “Sandvík”
  • Hungarian: “Sandvík”
  • Irish: “Sandvík”
  • Lithuanian: “Sandvikas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandvig”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandvík”
  • Norwegian: “Sandvík”
  • Ossetian: “Санвуйк”
  • Ossetian: “Сандвик”
  • Ossetian: “Сандвуйк”
  • Portuguese: “Sandvík”
  • Romanian: “Sandvík”
  • Russian: “Сандвик”
  • Slovak: “Sandvík”
  • Swedish: “Sandvík”
  • Urdu: “ساندویک”

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