Dalur
Dalur is a village in the Faroe Islands. Dalur is located on the east-side of Sandoy. The village lies in the bottom of a relatively large valley. Dalur means valley in Faroese.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dals kirkja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Húsavík and Skarvanes.
Húsavík
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Húsavík is an old village located on the east of the island of Sandoy, in Húsavík Municipality, Faroe Islands. In the centre of Húsavík there is a ruin called ‘Heimi á Garði’. Húsavík is situated 3 km north of Dalur.
Skarvanes
Village
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Skarvanes is a village on Sandoy, in the Faroe Islands. It temporarily became extinct in 2000 when its last permanent inhabitant died, though the population has since rebounded; as of 2013, the population is 13, with most of the houses being uses as holiday homes. Skarvanes is situated 4 km west of Dalur.
Skálavík
Village
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Skálavík is a village and municipality on the eastern coast of the Faroese island Sandoy. Skálavík is situated 5 km north of Dalur.
Dalur
- Type: Village with 40 residents
- Description: settlement on Sandoy, Faroe Islands
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sandoyar, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.7843° or 61° 47′ 4″ northLongitude
-6.67642° or 6° 40′ 35″ westPopulation
40Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
9CHMQ8MF+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023729OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2623092Wikidata ID
Q519723
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In Other Languages
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