Haraldssund
Haraldssund is a settlement in the Faroe Islands, situated on the island of Kunoy. Haraldssund is located on the east coast of Kunoy and is connected to the village of Kunoy on the west coast by a tunnel.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kunoyar kirkja.
Kunoyar kirkja
Church
Photo: DavideGorla, CC BY 2.0.
Kunoyar kirkja is a church, which is situated 4 km northwest of Haraldssund.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strond and Ánir.
Strond
Hamlet
Photo: Arne List, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Strond is a former village in the north of the town of Klaksvík on the sound of Haraldssund in the Faroe Islands. It is situated on Borðoy on the causeway connecting Borðoy and Kunoy.
Ánir
Village
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Ánir, also Ánirnar is a village in the Faroe Islands on the northern island of Borðoy. In 2007 it had a population of 16, but with the expansion of the area with the new apartments above the old settlement the population has increased to 55 in 2013. Ánir is situated 2½ km southeast of Haraldssund.
Kunoy
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kunoy is a village and municipality in the Faroe Islands. The village itself is located on the western shores of the island of Kunoy, which the town is named after. Kunoy is situated 4 km northwest of Haraldssund.
Haraldssund
- Type: Village with 72 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Northern Islands, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.27376° or 62° 16′ 26″ northLongitude
-6.60629° or 6° 36′ 23″ westPopulation
72Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)Open location code
9CJM79FV+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023744OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2620774Wikidata ID
Q1025148
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Haraldssund” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Haraldssund”
- Danish: “Haraldssund”
- Danish: “Haraldsund”
- Dutch: “Haraldssund”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هارالدسوند”
- Faroese: “Haraldssund”
- Finnish: “Haraldssund”
- French: “Haraldssund”
- German: “Haraldssund”
- German: “Haraldsund”
- Hungarian: “Haraldssund”
- Italian: “Haraldssund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Haraldssund”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Haraldsund”
- Norwegian: “Haraldssund”
- Polish: “Haraldssund”
- Romanian: “Haraldssund”
- Spanish: “Haraldssund”
- Swedish: “Haraldssund”
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