Húsavík
Húsavík is an old village located on the east of the island of Sandoy, in Húsavík Municipality, Faroe Islands. In the centre of Húsavík there is a ruin called ‘Heimi á Garði’.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 62 residents
- Description: settlement on Sandoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Husavik” and “Húsavík, Faroe Islands”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skálavík Church and Dals kirkja.
Dals kirkja
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY 3.0.
Dals kirkja is a church, which is situated 3 km south of Húsavík.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skálavík and Dalur.
Skálavík
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skálavík is a village and municipality on the eastern coast of the Faroese island Sandoy.
Dalur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dalur is a village in the Faroe Islands. Dalur is located on the east-side of Sandoy. The village lies in the bottom of a relatively large valley. Dalur means valley in Faroese. Dalur is situated 3 km south of Húsavík.
Skarvanes
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skarvanes is a village on Sandoy, in the Faroe Islands. It temporarily became extinct in 2000 when its last permanent inhabitant died, though the population has since rebounded; as of 2013, the population is 13, with most of the houses being uses as holiday homes. Skarvanes is situated 4 km southwest of Húsavík.
Húsavík
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sandoyar, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.80989° or 61° 48′ 36″ northLongitude
-6.67962° or 6° 40′ 47″ westPopulation
62Elevation
116 metres (381 feet)United Nations Location Code
FO HUSOpen location code
9CHMR85C+X5OpenStreetMap ID
node 29023752OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Húsavík” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Húsavík”
- Chinese: “胡萨维克”
- Danish: “Husavik”
- Danish: “Húsavík”
- Danish: “Husevig”
- Dutch: “Húsavík”
- Faroese: “Húsavík”
- French: “Húsavík”
- German: “Húsavík”
- Hungarian: “Húsavík”
- Icelandic: “Húsavík”
- Irish: “Húsavík”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Húsavík”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Husevig”
- Norwegian: “Húsavík”
- Polish: “Húsavík”
- Romanian: “Húsavík, Faroe Islands”
- Romanian: “Husavik, Insulele Faroe”
- Romanian: “Húsavík, Insulele Faroe”
- Spanish: “Husavik”
- Spanish: “Húsavík”
- Swedish: “Húsavík, Färöarna”
- Swedish: “Husavik”
- Swedish: “Húsavík”
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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 “Húsavík”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.