Sandavágur

Sandavágur is a town on the south coast of the of . The name Sandavágur means sandy bay and refers to the sandy beach which used to be much larger than present.
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Wikipedia
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  • Village with 1,030 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 38 metres (125 feet)
  • Description: settlement on Vágar, Faroe Islands
  • Also known as
    “Sadevaag”
    “Sandevaag”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Sandavágur and Miðvágs kirkja.

Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandavágur Church is a distinctive red-roofed church in the town of Sandavágur in the .

Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miðvágur and Vatnsoyrar.

Village
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, is a village in the Faroe Islands on .

Village
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is a village founded in 1921 in the middle of the of Vagar. is situated 6 km northwest of Sandavágur.

Village
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is a village and municipality on the west coast of in the . is situated 8 km northeast of Sandavágur.

Sandavágur

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Latitude
62.05448° or 62° 3′ 16″ north
Longitude
-7.15107° or 7° 9′ 4″ west
Open location code
9CJJ3R3X+QH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29023794
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2614265
Wiki­data ID
Q845272

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Turkish—“Sandavágur” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Сандавоавур”
  • Catalan: “Sandavágur”
  • Chinese: “桑达瓦古尔”
  • Czech: “Sandavágur”
  • Danish: “Sandavagur”
  • Danish: “Sandavágur”
  • Danish: “Sandevåg”
  • Dutch: “Sandavagur”
  • Dutch: “Sandavágur”
  • Faroese: “Sandavágur”
  • French: “Sandavágur”
  • German: “Sandavagur”
  • German: “Sandavágur”
  • Greek: “Σάνταβαγκουρ”
  • Hungarian: “Sandavágur”
  • Icelandic: “Sandavágur”
  • Icelandic: “Sandavogur”
  • Irish: “Sandavágur”
  • Italian: “Municipalità di Sandavágur”
  • Italian: “Sandavágur”
  • Kalaallisut: “Sandavágur”
  • Lithuanian: “Sandavaguras”
  • Manx: “Sandavagur”
  • Manx: “Sandavágur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandavágur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandevåg”
  • Norwegian: “Sandavágur”
  • Polish: “Sandavágur”
  • Romanian: “Sandavagur”
  • Romanian: “Sandavágur”
  • Russian: “Сандавагур”
  • Russian: “Сандаваугюр”
  • Russian: “Сандавоавур”
  • Slovak: “Sandavágur”
  • Spanish: “Sandavagur”
  • Spanish: “Sandavágur”
  • Swedish: “Sandavagur”
  • Swedish: “Sandavágur”
  • Turkish: “Sandavágur”

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