Breiðá
Breiðá is a river on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands. The name Breiðá translates to 'the broad river'. It flows from the lake Vatnsdalsvatn into Sørvágsfjørður. It is the natural boundary between the villages of Sørvágur and Bøur.- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Breidha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Eiði and Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station.
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
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 Eiði and Haldórsvík.
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.
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.
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 3 km south of Breiðá.
Breiðá
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Breiðá” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Breiðá”
- Dutch: “Breiðá”
- Faroese: “Breiðá”
- Russian: “Брайоа”
- Russian: “Брейда”
- Swedish: “Breiðá”
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