Lopra
Lopra is a village on the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands, with the postal code FO 926. It is located in the Municipality of Sumba along with the villages of Akrar, Sumba and Víkarbyrgi, constituting the southernmost settlements in the Faroe Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirvi and Beinisvørð.
Kirvi
Peak
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Kirvi is a mountain in Suðuroy, near the village Lopra. Kirvi is 236m high and its shape resembles that of a pyramid. The mountain is visible from the villages Lopra.
Beinisvørð
Scenic viewpoint
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Beinisvørð is a 469 metres high sea cliff in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, the highest sea cliff in Suðuroy. It is located between the villages of Lopra and Sumba.
Vágs kirkja
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vágs kirkja is a church, which is situated 4 km northwest of Lopra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Akrar and Víkarbyrgi.
Akrar
Village
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Akrar is a village in the Faroe Islands. The population was 13 in 2024. It is located on Lopransfjørður, an inlet, which itself is part of Vágsfjørður, on the east-side of Suðuroy, and was founded in 1817.
Víkarbyrgi
Village
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Víkarbyrgi is a former village on the Faroese island of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. It no longer has a population. It retains a postal code and is located at N 61° 26' 34 W 6° 43' 28.
Nes
Village
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Nes is a village on the Faroese island of Suðuroy located in the municipality of Vágur. It is located west of Porkeri and east of Vágur. It should not be confused with another village by the same name on Eysturoy. Nes is situated 3 km north of Lopra.
Lopra
- Type: Village with 69 residents
- Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sunnbøur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.44311° or 61° 26′ 35″ northLongitude
-6.77034° or 6° 46′ 13″ westPopulation
69Elevation
197 metres (646 feet)United Nations Location Code
FO LOPOpen location code
9CHMC6VH+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023774OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Lopra” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Lopra”
- Danish: “Lobra”
- Danish: “Lopra”
- Dutch: “Lopra”
- Esperanto: “Lopra”
- Faroese: “Lopra”
- French: “Lopra”
- German: “Lopra”
- Hungarian: “Lopra”
- Irish: “Lopra”
- Lithuanian: “Lopra”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lopra”
- Norwegian: “Lopra”
- Polish: “Lopra”
- Portuguese: “Lopra”
- Romanian: “Lopra”
- Swedish: “Lopra”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lopra”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.