Hov
Hov is a village located on Suðuroy's east coast, in the Faroe Islands; it is frequently mentioned in the country's history. Salmon sea farming has been practiced in Hov since the 1980s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 106 residents
- Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Hov, Faroe Islands”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hovs kirkja and Porkeri Church.
Porkeri Church
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porkeri Church is a church in the settlement of Porkeri in the Faroe Islands. Porkeri is situated on the island of Suðuroy, which is the southernmost of the islands. Porkeri Church is situated 3 km south of Hov.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porkeri and Nes.
Porkeri
Village
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Porkeri is a village in the Faroe Islands, situated northeast of Vágur on Suðuroy's east coast. As of 2020 it had a population of 318, and it has been inhabited at least as early as the 14th century. Porkeri is situated 3 km south of Hov.
Nes
Village
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Nes is a village on the Faroese island of Suðuroy located in the municipality of Vágur. It is located west of Porkeri and east of Vágur. It should not be confused with another village by the same name on Eysturoy. Nes is situated 4 km south of Hov.
Øravík
Village
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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. Øravík is situated 4 km northwest of Hov.
Hov
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Hov, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.50694° or 61° 30′ 25″ northLongitude
-6.75574° or 6° 45′ 21″ westPopulation
106Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)Open location code
9CHMG64V+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023751OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2619734Wikidata ID
Q1025136
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Hov” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Hov”
- Chinese: “霍夫”
- Danish: “Bygden Hov”
- Danish: “Hov, Færøerne”
- Danish: “Hov, Suðuroy”
- Danish: “Hov”
- Danish: “Hove”
- Dutch: “Hov”
- Esperanto: “Hov”
- Faroese: “Hov, Suðuroy”
- Faroese: “Hov”
- Finnish: “Hov”
- French: “Hov”
- German: “Hov”
- Hungarian: “Hov”
- Irish: “Hov”
- Lithuanian: “Hovas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hov”
- Norwegian: “Hov”
- Portuguese: “Hov”
- Romanian: “Hov, Faroe Islands”
- Romanian: “Hov, Insulele Faroe”
- Romanian: “Hov, Insulele Feroe”
- Spanish: “Hov”
- Swedish: “Hov, Färöarna”
- Swedish: “Hov”
- Turkish: “Hov”
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