Fuglafjørður

Fuglafjørður is a village on 's east coast in the . Its name means "fjord of birds". The village is at the edge of a bay and expands into the surrounding steep hills.
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  • Town with 1,600 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 30 metres (98 feet)
  • Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
  • Also known as
    “Fuglefiord”
    “Fuglefjord”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fuglafjarðar kirkja and Gjógvaráfjall.

Church
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is a church.

Peak
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is a 345-metre-high mountain overlooking the village of . is situated 2½ km southwest of Fuglafjørður.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kambsdalur and Hellurnar.

Village
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is a suburb of Fuglafjørður on the . is situated 2½ km south of Fuglafjørður.

Village
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is a village in the , on Oyndarfjørður, located on the east side of . is situated 2½ km northwest of Fuglafjørður.

Village
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Eysturoy is part of the in the North Atlantic. is situated 4½ km northwest of Fuglafjørður.

Fuglafjørður

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Latitude
62.24385° or 62° 14′ 38″ north
Longitude
-6.81332° or 6° 48′ 48″ west
UN/LOCODE
FO FUG
Open location code
9CJM65VP+GM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29023736
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2621808
Wiki­data ID
Q731990

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Fuglafjørður” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Fuglafjørður”
  • 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”
  • Mongolian: “Фуглафьордур”
  • 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”
  • Slovenian: “Fuglafjørður”
  • Spanish: “Fuglafjørður”
  • Swedish: “Fuglafjördur”
  • Swedish: “Fuglafjørður”
  • Swedish: “Fuglefjord”
  • Turkish: “Fuglafjørður”
  • Ukrainian: “Фуглафйордур”
  • Urdu: “فوگلا فیورڈور”

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