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.
- Locality with 44 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (130 feet)
- Description: island of the Faroe Islands
- Also known as“Hestö Bygd”“Hestsbygd”
Places of Interest
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hestur and Velbastaður.
Hestur
Hestur is an island in the central Faroe Islands, to the west of Streymoy and the south of Koltur.
Velbastaður
Velbastaður is a village on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands.
3½ km northeast of Hestur
Hestur
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Latitude
61.95581° or 61° 57′ 21″ north
Longitude
-6.8826° or 6° 52′ 57″ west
Open location code
9CHMX448+8X
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Hestur” goes by many names.
HesturAfrikaans
هسترArabic
هستورArabic
Hestur adasıAzerbaijani
HesturBavarian
Востраў ХестурBelarusian
ГэстурBelarusian
ХестурBelarusian
HesturCatalan
海斯特岛Chinese
海斯特島Chinese
马岛Chinese
HesturCzech
HestoyDanish
HesturDanish
HesturDutch
HesturEsperanto
HestoyFaroese
HesturFaroese
HesturFinnish
ΧέστουρGreek
הסטורHebrew
HesturHungarian
HesturIcelandic
HesturIndonesian
HesturIrish
HesturItalian
ヘストゥル島Japanese
헤스투르섬Korean
HesturaLatvian
HesturasLithuanian
HestoyNorthern Frisian
HesturNorthern Frisian
HesturNorwegian
HestøNorwegian Bokmål
HestoyNorwegian Bokmål
HesturRomanian
Insula HesturRomanian
ХестурRussian
HesturScots
HesturScottish Gaelic
HesturSlovak
HestöSwedish
HestoySwedish
HesturSwedish
HesturTurkish
ГестурUkrainian
ہیسٹورUrdu
HesturVietnamese
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