Koltur
Koltur is a village on the island of Koltur, Faroe Islands. It has a population of 0 as of 30th of April 2025, but this is due to the village having non permanent residences, because of its small size.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2 residents
- Description: settlement on Koltur, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Kolte”, “Kolter Bygd”, “Kolterø”, “Koltur, Koltur”, and “Koltursbygd”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Syðradalur and Hestur.
Syðradalur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Syðradalur is a small village in the Faroe Islands. It is located on the west coast of Streymoy, in Tórshavn Municipality. Not to be confused with Syðradalur village on Kalsoy, it has a view at the islands Koltur and Vágar. Syðradalur is situated 4½ km northeast of Koltur.
Hestur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hestur is an island in the central Faroe Islands, to the west of Streymoy and the south of Koltur. Hestur means horse in Faroese. On the west coast is a guillemot colony. Hestur is situated 6 km southeast of Koltur.
Velbastaður
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Velbastaður is a village on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. It is a part of Tórshavn Municipality and is considered among the oldest settlements in the islands. Velbastaður is situated 6 km east of Koltur.
Koltur
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.98618° or 61° 59′ 10″ northLongitude
-6.9677° or 6° 58′ 4″ westPopulation
2Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
9CHMX2PJ+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023767OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2618487Wikidata ID
Q746837
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Koltur” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Koltur”
- Chinese: “科尔特”
- Danish: “Kolter”
- Danish: “Koltur”
- Dutch: “Koltur, Koltur”
- Hungarian: “Koltur”
- Irish: “Koltur”
- Korean: “콜투르”
- Persian: “کولتور (روستا)”
- Persian: “کولتور”
- Polish: “Koltur”
- Romanian: “Koltur, koltur”
- Romanian: “Koltur, Koltur”
- Swedish: “Koltur”
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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 “Koltur”. Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.