Øravík
Øravík is a village on the east coast of the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. The village is located in the center of the island on a crossroad where the road to Fámjin goes towards west over the mountains to the west coast.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Village with 27 residents
- Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Oeravik”, “Oravik”, and “Ördevig”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Øravíkar kirkja and Borgarknappur.
Borgarknappur
Peak
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Borgarknappur is a mountain in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. Borgarknappur is situated 4 km southwest of Øravík.
Church of Tvoroyri
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Tvoroyri is a national church in Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands. It was constructed in Norway as a building set, moved to Tvøroyri and then built there in 1908.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Øravíkarlíð and Froðba.
Øravíkarlíð
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Øravíkarlíð or Líðin is a village on the island of Suðuroy, the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The population was 60 in December 2008.
Froðba
Village
Froðba is a village located furthest out on the north brink of Trongisvágsfjørður, an inlet on the east coast of the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands.
Tvøroyri
Town
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tvøroyri is a village on the north side of the Trongisvágsfjørður on the east coast of Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands. Together with Froðba, Trongisvágur, Líðin and Øravík it forms Tvøroyri Municipality. Tvøroyri is situated 2½ km north of Øravík.
Øravík
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.53306° or 61° 31′ 59″ northLongitude
-6.811° or 6° 48′ 40″ westPopulation
27Elevation
144 metres (472 feet)Open location code
9CHMG5MQ+6JOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023821OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2615720Wikidata ID
Q285039
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Øravík” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Øravík”
- Catalan: “Ørðavík”
- Danish: “Øravík”
- Danish: “Ørðavík”
- Danish: “Ørdevig”
- Dutch: “Øravík”
- Esperanto: “Øravík”
- Faroese: “Øravík”
- Faroese: “Ørðavík”
- French: “Øravík”
- German: “Øravík”
- Hungarian: “Øravík”
- Irish: “Øravík”
- Lithuanian: “Oravikas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øravík”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ørðavík”
- Norwegian: “Ørðavík”
- Portuguese: “Øravík”
- Romanian: “Øravík”
- Swedish: “Øravík”
- Swedish: “Ørðavík”
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