Fámjin
Fámjin is a village located on the western side of Suðuroy, the southernmost island in Faroe Islands. Fámjin is looking directly out to the North Atlantic Ocean.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 72 residents
- Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Famjin”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fámjins Church and Kirkjuvatn.
Kirkjuvatn
Lake
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkjuvatn is a lake in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. The lake is located just north of the village of Fámjin, which is located on the west coast of Suðuro].
Borgarknappur
Peak
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Borgarknappur is a mountain in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. Borgarknappur is situated 3 km southeast of Fámjin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Øravík and Øravíkarlíð.
Øravík
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Øravík is a village on the east coast of the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. The village is located in the center of the island on a crossroad where the road to Fámjin goes towards west over the mountains to the west coast. Øravík is situated 3½ km east of Fámjin.
Øravíkarlíð
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Øravíkarlíð or Líðin is a village on the island of Suðuroy, the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The population was 60 in December 2008. Øravíkarlíð is situated 4 km northeast of Fámjin.
Trongisvágur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trongisvágur is a village on the island of Suduroy in the Faroe Islands. Trongisvágur is the village in the bottom of Trongisvágsfjørður on the east coast of Suduroy. Trongisvágur is situated 5 km northeast of Fámjin.
Fámjin
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Fámjin, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.52469° or 61° 31′ 29″ northLongitude
-6.87927° or 6° 52′ 45″ westPopulation
72Elevation
104 metres (341 feet)Open location code
9CHMG4FC+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 29023734OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2622348Wikidata ID
Q932433
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Fámjin” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fámjin”
- Chinese: “福阿姆因”
- Czech: “Fámjin”
- Danish: “Famien”
- Danish: “Famjin”
- Danish: “Fámjin”
- Danish: “Fámjins kommuna”
- Dutch: “Famjin”
- Dutch: “Fámjin”
- Esperanto: “Fámjin”
- Faroese: “Famjin”
- Faroese: “Fámjin”
- Faroese: “Fámjins kommuna”
- French: “Famjin”
- French: “Fámjin”
- German: “Famien”
- German: “Famjin”
- German: “Fámjin”
- German: “Fámjín”
- Hungarian: “Fámjin”
- Irish: “Fámjin”
- Italian: “Fámjin”
- Lithuanian: “Famjinas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Famien”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Famjin”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fámjin”
- Norwegian: “Fámjin”
- Polish: “Famjin”
- Polish: “Fámjin”
- Portuguese: “Fámjin”
- Romanian: “Famjin”
- Romanian: “Fámjin”
- Slovak: “Fámjin”
- Spanish: “Famjin”
- Spanish: “Fámjin”
- Swedish: “Famjin”
- Swedish: “Fámjin”
- Turkish: “Fámjin”
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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 “Fámjin”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.