Kvívík
Kvívík is a village and municipality on the west coast of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. Kvívík has about 408 residents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 408 residents
- Description: settlement on Streymoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Kvivik”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kvívík Church and Lake Leynar.
Lake Leynar
Lake
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Lake Leynar is a lake on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. Lake Leynar is the sixth-largest natural lake in the Faroe Islands and it measures 0.18 square kilometers. Lake Leynar is situated 3 km east of Kvívík.
Frammi við Gjónna
Dwelling
Frammi við Gjónna is an abandoned village in the Faroe Islands. A farm was established in the village as a settlement village in 1815, but there was probably already settlement at the site even earlier. Frammi við Gjónna is situated 3½ km northeast of Kvívík.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stykkið and Leynar.
Stykkið
Village
Photo: patano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stykkið is a village on the west coast of the Faroese island Streymoy in Kvívík Municipality. The 2005 population was 42. Its postal code is FO 330. Stykkið was founded in 1845.
Leynar
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Leynar is a village in the Faroe Islands, a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark. The village is situated on the western coast of the island of Streymoy in the municipality of Kvívíkar.
Skælingur
Village
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Skælingur is a village on the west of the main Faroese island of Streymoy in the Kvívík Municipality. The 2010 population was 13. Its postal code is FO 336. Skælingur is situated 4½ km southeast of Kvívík.
Kvívík
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Kvívík, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.11962° or 62° 7′ 11″ northLongitude
-7.07638° or 7° 4′ 35″ westPopulation
408Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
9CJJ4W9F+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023765OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2618085Wikidata ID
Q933130
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Turkish—“Kvívík” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Kvívík”
- Catalan: “Kvívík”
- Chinese: “克维维克”
- Danish: “Kvivig”
- Danish: “Kvivik”
- Danish: “Kvívík”
- Dutch: “Kvivik”
- Dutch: “Kvívík”
- Esperanto: “Kvívík”
- Faroese: “Kvívík”
- French: “Kvívík”
- German: “Kvivik”
- German: “Kvívík”
- Greek: “Κβίβικ”
- Hungarian: “Kvívík”
- Icelandic: “Kvívík”
- Indonesian: “Kvívík”
- Irish: “Kvívík”
- Italian: “Kvívík”
- Lithuanian: “Kvivikas”
- Manx: “Kvivik”
- Manx: “Kvívík”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kvivig”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kvívík”
- Norwegian: “Kvívík”
- Ossetian: “Квивик”
- Ossetian: “Квуйвуйк”
- Polish: “Kvivik”
- Polish: “Kvívík”
- Romanian: “Kvivik”
- Romanian: “Kvívík”
- Spanish: “Kvivik”
- Spanish: “Kvívík”
- Swedish: “Kvívík”
- Turkish: “Kvívík”
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