Lake Eiði
Lake Eiði is a lake on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Lake Eiði is located between the villages of Eiði and Ljósá. It is the fifth-largest natural lake in the Faroe Islands, with a natural size of 47 hectares that has been increased to 1.14 square kilometers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Reservoir
- Description: lake in Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Eidhisvatn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Slættaratindur and Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station.
Slættaratindur
Peak
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slættaratindur is the highest mountain in the Faroe Islands, at an elevation of 880 metres. It is located in the northern part of Eysturoy, between the villages of Eiði, Gjógv, and Funningur.
Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station
Power station
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station is the largest hydroelectric power station in the Faroe Islands. It stands below a dam on Lake Eiði on the island of Eysturoy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ljósá and Haldórsvík.
Ljósá
Village
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Ljósá is a village located on Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands, in Eiði Municipality. It is located 4 km south of Eiði and 4 km north of Svínáir. The village was founded around 1840.
Haldórsvík
Village
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Streymoy is the largest of the Faroe Islands. The 24,700 inhabitants make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands.
Eiði
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.
Lake Eiði
- Categories: lake and body of water
- Location: Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.28515° or 62° 17′ 7″ northLongitude
-7.05651° or 7° 3′ 23″ westElevation
211 metres (692 feet)Open location code
9CJJ7WPV+39OpenStreetMap ID
way 45676898OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=reservoirGeoNames ID
2622671Wikidata ID
Q1827912
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Lake Eiði” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Eiðisvatn”
- Catalan: “llac d’Eiði”
- Chinese: “埃伊湖”
- Danish: “Eiðisvatn”
- Dutch: “Eiðisvatn”
- Faroese: “Eiðisvatn”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eiðisvatn”
- Norwegian: “Eiðisvatn”
- Spanish: “Eiðisvatn”
- Swedish: “Eiðisvatn”
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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 “Lake Eiði”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.