Kirkjuvatn
Kirkjuvatn is a lake in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. The lake is located just north of the village of Fámjin, which is located on the west coast of Suðuroy.Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fámjins Church and Borgarknappur.
Borgarknappur
Peak
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Borgarknappur is a mountain in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fámjin and Øravík.
Fámjin
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fámjin is a village located on the western side of Suðuroy, the southernmost island in Faroe Islands. Fámjin is looking directly out to the North Atlantic Ocean.
Øravík
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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.
Kirkjuvatn
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.52981° or 61° 31′ 47″ northLongitude
-6.87629° or 6° 52′ 35″ westElevation
161 metres (528 feet)Open location code
9CHMG4HF+WFOpenStreetMap ID
way 496950575OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeGeoNames ID
2618844Wikidata ID
Q1257349
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Norwegian Bokmål—“Kirkjuvatn” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Kirkjuvatn”
- Danish: “Kirkjuvatn”
- Faroese: “Kirkjuvatn”
- Icelandic: “Kirkjuvatn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kirkjuvatn”
- Norwegian: “Kirkjuvatn”
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