Hestur
Hestur is an island in the central Faroe Islands, to the west of Streymoy and the south of Koltur. Hestur means horse in Faroese. On the west coast is a guillemot colony.
- Type: Locality with 44 residents
- Description: island of the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Hestö”, “Hestø”, “Hestö Bygd”, and “Hestsbygd”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Hests kirkja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hestur and Velbastaður.
Hestur
Village
Velbastaður
Village
Hestur
- Category: island
- Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.95581° or 61° 57′ 21″ north
Longitude
-6.8826° or 6° 52′ 57″ west
Population
44
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
9CHMX448+8X
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Hestur” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Hestur”
- Arabic: “هستر”
- Arabic: “هستور”
- Azerbaijani: “Hestur adası”
- Bavarian: “Hestur”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Хестур”
- Belarusian: “Гэстур”
- Belarusian: “Хестур”
- Catalan: “Hestur”
- Chinese: “海斯特岛”
- Chinese: “海斯特島”
- Chinese: “马岛”
- Czech: “Hestur”
- Danish: “Hestur”
- Dutch: “Hestur”
- Esperanto: “Hestur”
- Faroese: “Hestoy”
- Faroese: “Hestur”
- Finnish: “Hestur”
- French: “Hestur”
- French: “île de Hestur”
- German: “Hestur”
- Greek: “Χέστουρ”
- Hebrew: “הסטור”
- Hungarian: “Hestur”
- Icelandic: “Hestur”
- Indonesian: “Hestur”
- Irish: “Hestur”
- Italian: “Hestur”
- Japanese: “ヘストゥル島”
- Korean: “헤스투르섬”
- Latvian: “Hestura”
- Lithuanian: “Hesturas”
- Northern Frisian: “Hestur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hestur”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hestur”
- Norwegian: “Hestur”
- Ossetian: “Хестур”
- Persian: “هستور”
- Polish: “Hestur”
- Portuguese: “Hestur”
- Romanian: “Hestur”
- Romanian: “Insula Hestur”
- Russian: “Хестур”
- Scots: “Hestur”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Hestur”
- Slovak: “Hestur”
- Spanish: “Hestur”
- Swedish: “Hestur”
- Turkish: “Hestur”
- Ukrainian: “Гестур”
- Urdu: “ہیسٹور”
- Vietnamese: “Hestur”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Eggjastakkur and Rivtangi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Nakkur and Hestur.
Streymoy: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Tórshavn and Kollafjørður.
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