Funningsfjørður
Funningsfjørður is a village in Faroe Islands, located at the end of a fjord of the same name. It was founded in 1812 and has since 2005 been part of the municipality of Runavík.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 51 residents
- Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Fundingbund”, “Fundingsbotn”, “Funningsbothur”, “Funningsbotnur”, and “Funningsfjordur”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norðskáli and Oyrarbakki.
Norðskáli
Village
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Norðskáli is a settlement in the Faroe Islands on the island of Eysturoy, a few kilometres north of Oyri. Its name means north dwelling and its population is 330. Norðskáli is situated 4½ km southwest of Funningsfjørður.
Oyrarbakki
Village
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Oyrarbakki is a village on the west coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Sunda municipality, between Norðskáli and Oyri. In 2005 the population was 97, which grew to 163 as of 2023 Its postal code is FO 400. Oyrarbakki is situated 5 km southwest of Funningsfjørður.
Svínáir
Village
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Svínáir is a village located on Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands, in Eiði Municipality. It is located 4 km north of Ljósá and 6.5 km west of Funningur. It is located 8.5 km south of Eiði, 4.6 km south of Ljósá and 2 km north of Norðskáli. Svínáir is situated 5 km west of Funningsfjørður.
Funningsfjørður
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Runavík, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.23649° or 62° 14′ 11″ northLongitude
-6.93152° or 6° 55′ 54″ westPopulation
51Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)Open location code
9CJM63P9+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 29023737OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2621767Wikidata ID
Q542954
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Funningsfjørður” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Funningsfjørður”
- Danish: “Fundingsfjord”
- Danish: “Funningsfjørður”
- Dutch: “Funningsfjørður”
- Faroese: “Funningsfjørður”
- French: “Funningsfjørður”
- German: “Funningsfjørður”
- Hungarian: “Funningsfjørður”
- Irish: “Funningsfjørður”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Funningsfjørður”
- Norwegian: “Funningsfjørður”
- Ossetian: “Фуннингсфьёрур”
- Polish: “Funningsfjørður”
- Portuguese: “Funningsfjørður”
- Romanian: “Funningsfjørður”
- Swedish: “Funningsfjørður”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Funningsfjørður”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.