Elduvík
Elduvík is a small village in the Faroe Islands. Elduvík is located in the Funningsfjørður-inlet on Eysturoy's northeast side. The village which has a population of 12 is split into two parts by a small river Stórá.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 14 residents
- Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Elduvik”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Elduvík Church and Funningur Church.
Funningur Church
Church
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Funninger Church, in the village of Funningur, is one of the 10 remaining old wooden churches in the Faroe Islands built between 1829 and 1847. It was inaugurated on 30 November 1847, and is for that reason the newest of the old traditional wooden churches. Funningur Church is situated 3 km west of Elduvík.
Oyndarfjarðar kirkja
Church
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Oyndarfjarðar kirkja is a church, which is situated 3 km east of Elduvík.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Funningur and Oyndarfjørður.
Funningur
Village
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Funningur is a village on the Faroe Islands. It is located on the northwest coast of Eysturoy. It was the only village in the municipality called Funnings kommuna, which on 1 January 2009 became part of Runavíkar kommuna. Funningur is situated 3 km west of Elduvík.
Oyndarfjørður
Village
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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 3 km east of Elduvík.
Hellurnar
Village
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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 4 km southeast of Elduvík.
Elduvík
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Runavík, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.28228° or 62° 16′ 56″ northLongitude
-6.91183° or 6° 54′ 43″ westPopulation
14Elevation
219 metres (719 feet)Open location code
9CJM73JQ+W7OpenStreetMap ID
node 29023733OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2622625Wikidata ID
Q222955
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Elduvík” goes by many names.
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Highlights include Elduvik Gorge and Múlin.
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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 “Elduvík”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.