Fuglafjørður
Fuglafjørður is a village on Eysturoy's east coast in the Faroe Islands. Its name means "fjord of birds". The village is at the edge of a bay and expands into the surrounding steep hills.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Town with 1,600 residents
- Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Fuglafjordur”, “Fuglefiord”, and “Fuglefjord”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fuglafjarðar kirkja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kambsdalur and Hellurnar.
Kambsdalur
Village
Photo: Terjibeder, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kambsdalur is a suburb of Fuglafjørður on the Faroe Islands. It was settled on 5 October 1985 in the valley "Ytri Dalur" which is both a part of Eystur municipality and Fuglafjørður municipality. Kambsdalur is situated 2½ km south of Fuglafjørður.
Hellurnar
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hellurnar is a village in the Faroe Islands, on Oyndarfjørður, located on the east side of Eysturoy. Hellurnar is part of the municipality of Fuglafjørður. Hellurnar is situated 2½ km northwest of Fuglafjørður.
Oyndarfjørður
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Eysturoy is part of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. Eysturoy, meaning "east island", is the second-largest island in the Faroe Islands, both in size and population. Oyndarfjørður is situated 4½ km northwest of Fuglafjørður.
Fuglafjørður
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.24385° or 62° 14′ 38″ northLongitude
-6.81332° or 6° 48′ 48″ westPopulation
1,600Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)United Nations Location Code
FO FUGOpen location code
9CJM65VP+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023736OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Fuglafjørður” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fuglafjørður”
- Belarusian: “Вёска Фуглафіёрдур”
- Belarusian: “Фуглафіёрдур”
- Belarusian: “Фугляф’ёрдур”
- Catalan: “Fuglafjørður”
- Chinese: “富格拉菲厄泽”
- Chinese: “弗格莱夫乔德”
- Czech: “Fuglafjørður”
- Danish: “Fuglafjørdur”
- Danish: “Fuglafjørður”
- Danish: “Fuglefjord”
- Dutch: “Fuglafjordur”
- Dutch: “Fuglafjørður”
- Estonian: “Fuglafjørður”
- Faroese: “Fuglafjørður”
- Finnish: “Fuglafjordur”
- Finnish: “Fuglafjørður”
- Finnish: “Fuglefjord”
- French: “Fuglafjordur”
- French: “Fuglafjørður”
- Galician: “Fuglafjørður”
- German: “Fuglafjordur”
- German: “Fuglafjördur”
- German: “Fuglafjørður”
- German: “Fuglefjord”
- Greek: “Φούγκλαφιορντουρ”
- Hungarian: “Fuglafjørður”
- Icelandic: “Fuglafjörður”
- Icelandic: “Fuglafjørður”
- Irish: “Fuglafjørður”
- Italian: “Fuglafjørður”
- Japanese: “フラフョーゼ”
- Kalaallisut: “Fuglafjørður”
- Lithuanian: “Fuglafjardas”
- Lithuanian: “Fuglafjorduras”
- Manx: “Fuglafjordur”
- Manx: “Fuglafjørður”
- Northern Frisian: “Fuglafjørður”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fuglafjørður”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fuglefjord”
- Norwegian: “Fuglafjørður”
- Ossetian: “Фуглафьёрдур”
- Ossetian: “Фуглафьёрур”
- Polish: “Fuglafjordur”
- Polish: “Fuglafjørður”
- Polish: “Fuglefjord”
- Portuguese: “Fuglafjørður”
- Romanian: “Fuglafjordur”
- Romanian: “Fuglafjørður”
- Russian: “Фуглафьёрдур”
- Russian: “Фуглафьёрур”
- Russian: “Фуглафьордур”
- Scots: “Fuglafjørður”
- Spanish: “Fuglafjørður”
- Swedish: “Fuglafjördur”
- Swedish: “Fuglafjørður”
- Swedish: “Fuglefjord”
- Turkish: “Fuglafjørður”
- Ukrainian: “Фуглафйордур”
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