Saltnes
Saltnes is a village on the island of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, in Nes Municipality. The population was 152 in August 2022.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 162 residents
- Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Saltens” and “Saltnes, Faroe Islands”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Svangaskarð and Við Løkin.
Svangaskarð
Pitch
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Svangaskarð, also referred to as Tofta Leikvøllur, is a multi-purpose stadium in Toftir, Faroe Islands with two football fields and a sports arena for athletics around the lower field.
Við Løkin
Pitch
Photo: Timmietovenaar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Við Løkin is a stadium in Runavík, Faroe Islands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of NSÍ Runavík. The stadium holds 1,500 people.
Lake Toftir
Lake
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Toftir is a lake on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Lake Toftir is located between the villages of Toftir and Rituvík. It is the fourth-largest natural lake in the Faroe Islands and it measures 51 hectares.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strendur and Runavík.
Strendur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strendur is a village on the Faroese island of Eysturoy, located along the Skálafjørður fjord. It is the seat and main settlement of the Sjóvar Municipality.
Runavík
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in Runavík Municipality, Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy.
Saltangará
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saltangará is a village in the Faroe Islands, on the island of Eysturoy. Saltangará was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of Eysturoys Skalafjordur-inlet between Rituvík and Søldarfjørður.
Saltnes
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.10806° or 62° 6′ 29″ northLongitude
-6.74383° or 6° 44′ 38″ westPopulation
162Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)Open location code
9CJM4754+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023793OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2614295Wikidata ID
Q1062942
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Saltnes” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Saltnes”
- Chinese: “萨尔特内斯”
- Danish: “Saltnæs”
- Danish: “Saltnes”
- Dutch: “Saltnes”
- Faroese: “Saltnes”
- German: “Saltnes”
- Hungarian: “Saltnes”
- Irish: “Saltnes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saltnes”
- Norwegian: “Saltnes”
- Romanian: “Saltnes”
- Swedish: “Saltnes, Färöarna”
- Swedish: “Saltnes”
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