Hvalba

Hvalba is a village and a municipality in the , which consists of Hvalba, Nes-Hvalba and . The village spreads around the bottom of a deep inlet, Hvalbiarfjørður, in the northeast of .
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  • Village with about 600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 150 metres (480 feet)
  • Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
  • Also known as
    “Hvalböur”
    “Kvalbö”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hvalbiar kirkja and Sandvíkar kirkja.
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is a church.
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is a church, which is situated 4 km north of Hvalba.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hvalbiareiði and Sandvík.
is also called Fiskieiði, it is located…
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is the northernmost village of the island of in the . is situated 4 km north of Hvalba.
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is a village on the island of Suduroy in the . is situated 7 km southeast of Hvalba.

Hvalba

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Latitude
61.60063° or 61° 36′ 2″ north
Longitude
-6.95683° or 6° 57′ 25″ west
Open location code
9CHMJ22V+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29023755
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2619596
Wiki­data ID
Q666627

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Hvalba” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Hvalba”
  • Catalan: “Hvalba”
  • Chinese: “克瓦尔巴”
  • Czech: “Hvalba”
  • Danish: “Hvalba”
  • Danish: “Kvalbø”
  • Dutch: “Hvalba”
  • Esperanto: “Hvalba”
  • Faroese: “Hvalba”
  • Faroese: “Hvalbøur”
  • French: “Hvalba”
  • Galician: “Hvalba”
  • German: “Hvalba”
  • Greek: “Κβάλμπα”
  • Hungarian: “Hvalba”
  • Icelandic: “Hvalba”
  • Icelandic: “Hvalbær”
  • Irish: “Hvalba”
  • Lithuanian: “Hvalba”
  • Manx: “Hvalba”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hvalba”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hvalba”
  • Norwegian: “Hvalba”
  • Ossetian: “Хвальбæ”
  • Polish: “Hvalba”
  • Portuguese: “Hvalba”
  • Romanian: “Hvalba”
  • Russian: “Квальба”
  • Spanish: “Hvalba”
  • Swedish: “Hvalba”
  • Swedish: “Hvalbøur”
  • Turkish: “Hvalba”
  • Urdu: “ہوالبا”

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Highlights include Stóra Træbrúgv and Missiónshúsið í Hvalba.

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