Koltur

Koltur is an island in the , located to the west of and to the north-west of . The name 'Koltur' means 'colt', in contrast with the name of the larger island to the south-east, 'Hestur', which means 'horse'.
Wikipedia
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 1 metre (3 feet)
  • Description: island of the Faroe Islands

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Koltur and Syðradalur.
EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a settlement on the island of , .
Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small village in the . is situated 4½ km northeast of Koltur.
Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village on the western coast of the… is situated 6 km northeast of Koltur.

Koltur

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Latitude
61.99105° or 61° 59′ 28″ north
Longitude
-6.98145° or 6° 58′ 53″ west
Open location code
9CHMX2R9+CC
Geo­Names ID
2618488
Wiki­data ID
Q208337

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Western Frisian—“Koltur” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Koltur adası”
  • Basque: “Koltur”
  • Bavarian: “Koltur”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Кальтур”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Кольтур”
  • Belarusian: “Кальтур”
  • Belarusian: “Кольтур”
  • Catalan: “Koltur”
  • Chinese: “科尔特岛”
  • Czech: “Koltur”
  • Danish: “Kolter”
  • Danish: “Koltur”
  • Dutch: “Koltur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كولتور”
  • Esperanto: “Koltur”
  • Estonian: “Koltur”
  • Faroese: “Koltur”
  • Finnish: “Koltur”
  • French: “Koltur”
  • German: “Koltur”
  • Greek: “Κόλτουρ”
  • Hebrew: “קולטור”
  • Hungarian: “Koltur”
  • Icelandic: “Koltur”
  • Indonesian: “Koltur”
  • Irish: “Koltur”
  • Italian: “Koltur”
  • Japanese: “コルトゥル島”
  • Korean: “콜투르섬”
  • Latvian: “Koltura”
  • Lithuanian: “Kolturas”
  • Northern Frisian: “Koltur”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kolter”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Koltur”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Koltur”
  • Norwegian: “Koltur”
  • Ossetian: “Колтур”
  • Persian: “کولتور”
  • Polish: “Koltur”
  • Portuguese: “Koltur”
  • Romanian: “Insula Koltur”
  • Russian: “Колтур”
  • Russian: “Кольтур”
  • Scots: “Koltur”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Koltur”
  • Serbian: “Koltur”
  • Serbian: “Колтур”
  • Slovak: “Koltur”
  • Spanish: “Koltur”
  • Swedish: “Kolter”
  • Swedish: “Kolterö”
  • Swedish: “Koltur”
  • Turkish: “Koltur”
  • Ukrainian: “Кольтур”
  • Urdu: “کولٹور”
  • Vietnamese: “Koltur”
  • Western Frisian: “Koltur”

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