Eiði
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 701 residents
- Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Eide” and “Eidi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eiðis Church and Lake Eiði.
Lake Eiði
Reservoir
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station
Power station
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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 Haldórsvík and Tjørnuvík.
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. Haldórsvík is situated 2½ km south of Eiði.
Tjørnuvík
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. Tjørnuvík is situated 3 km west of Eiði.
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. Ljósá is situated 4 km southeast of Eiði.
Eiði
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Eiði Municipality, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.29961° or 62° 17′ 59″ northLongitude
-7.09104° or 7° 5′ 28″ westPopulation
701United Nations Location Code
FO EDIOpen location code
9CJJ7WX5+RHOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023732OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2622676Wikidata ID
Q691775
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Eiði” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Eiði”
- Chinese: “埃伊”
- Danish: “Eiði”
- Danish: “Ejde”
- Dutch: “Eiði”
- Faroese: “Eiði”
- Faroese: “Eiðis Bygdasavn”
- French: “Eiði”
- German: “Eiði”
- Greek: “Έιδι”
- Hebrew: “אייד’י”
- Hebrew: “אייי”
- Hungarian: “Eiði”
- Icelandic: “Eiði”
- Irish: “Eiði”
- Italian: “Eiði”
- Kalaallisut: “Eiði”
- Lithuanian: “Eidis”
- Manx: “Eiði”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eiði”
- Norwegian: “Eiði”
- Ossetian: “Айи”
- Polish: “Eiði”
- Portuguese: “Eiði”
- Romanian: “Eiði”
- Russian: “Айи”
- Spanish: “Eiði”
- Swedish: “Eiði”
- Turkish: “Eiði”
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