Saltangará
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.
- Type: Village with 1,200 residents
- Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Heiðarnar”, “Saltangara”, and “Saltangeraa”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Glyvra Church and Við Løkin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glyvrar and Runavík.
Runavík
Village
Saltangará
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Runavík, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.11892° or 62° 7′ 8″ north
Longitude
-6.72021° or 6° 43′ 13″ west
Population
1,200
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
Open location code
9CJM479H+HW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Saltangará” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Saltangará”
- Danish: “Saltangará”
- Danish: “Saltangerå”
- Dutch: “Saltangará”
- Faroese: “Saltangará”
- French: “Saltangará”
- German: “Saltangará”
- Greek: “Σάλτανγκαρα”
- Hungarian: “Saltangará”
- Icelandic: “Saltangará”
- Irish: “Saltangará”
- Manx: “Saltangará”
- Northern Frisian: “Saltangará”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saltangará”
- Norwegian: “Saltangará”
- Polish: “Saltangará”
- Romanian: “Saltangará”
- Russian: “Сальтенгароа”
- Spanish: “Saltangará”
- Swedish: “Saltangará”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Gamlaból and Høgaból.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Vælvera Fitness and Berøa.
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