Høvdatangi

Høvdatangi is a locality in Tvøroyri Municipality, Suðuroy. Høvdatangi is situated nearby to the neighborhood Uppi á Hamri, as well as near Á Bø.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of Tvoroyri and Øravíkar kirkja.

Church of Tvoroyri

Church

Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church of Tvoroyri is a national church in Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands. It was constructed in Norway as a building set, moved to Tvøroyri and then built there in 1908.

Øravíkar kirkja

Church

Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Øravíkar kirkja is a church, which is situated 3 km southwest of Høvdatangi.

Krambatangi

Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Krambatangi is the ferry port of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. The ferry MS Smyril M/F disembarks 2–3 times daily from Krambatangi to Tórshavn. Krambatangi is located on the southern side of Trongisvágsfjørður halfway between Trongisvágur and Øravík, opposite Tvøroyri. Krambatangi is situated 2½ km west of Høvdatangi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Froðba and Tvøroyri.

Froðba

Village

Froðba is a village located furthest out on the north brink of Trongisvágsfjørður, an inlet on the east coast of the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands.

Tvøroyri

Town

Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tvøroyri is a village on the north side of the Trongisvágsfjørður on the east coast of Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands. Together with Froðba, Trongisvágur, Líðin and Øravík it forms Tvøroyri Municipality.

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. Øravíkarlíð is situated 3 km west of Høvdatangi.

Høvdatangi

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Hövdatange” and “Hovdatangi”
Location: Tvøroyri Municipality, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude

61.55° or 61° 33′ north

Longitude

-6.76667° or 6° 46′ west

Open location code

9CHMH62M+28

OpenStreetMap ID

node 302104852

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

2619830

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