Fossá
Fossá is an abandoned village in the Faroe Islands. It lies on the island of Borðoy, slightly north of Norðdepil. It is at a place where several waterfalls join the sea, hence its name.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark
- Also known as: “Foså”, “Fossa”, and “Fossá, Faroe Islands”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hvannasunds kirkja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norðdepil and Hvannasund.
Norðdepil
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Norðdepil is a village on the east coast of the island of Borðoy in the Norðoyar Region of the Faroe Islands, facing the village of Hvannasund on Viðoy.
Hvannasund
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hvannasund is a village and municipality in the Faroe Islands, an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark. Hvannasund is located on the west coast of the island of Viðoy.
Depil
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Depil is a village in the Faroe Islands. Depil is located on the east side of Borðoy between Norðdepil and Norðtoftir. The village has only five inhabitants.
Fossá
- Categories: abandoned village, ruins, historic site, and locality
- Location: Northern Islands, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.30317° or 62° 18′ 11″ northLongitude
-6.53617° or 6° 32′ 10″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
9CJM8F37+7GOpenStreetMap ID
node 302100976OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2621988Wikidata ID
Q3445104
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Polish—“Fossá” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “福索(冰島)”
- Danish: “Fossá”
- Faroese: “Fossá”
- Japanese: “フォッサ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fossá”
- Norwegian: “Fossá”
- Polish: “Fossá”
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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 “Fossá”. Photo: Antoniosancho, CC BY-SA 3.0.