Borðoy
Borðoy is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands. Its name means 'headland island'. There are eight settlements: Klaksvík, Norðoyri, Ánir, Árnafjørður, Strond, Norðtoftir, Depil and Norðdepil.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Bordhoy”, “Bordo”, “Bordø”, and “Bordoy”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Árnafjarðar kirkja and Hvannasunds kirkja.
Hvannasunds kirkja
Church
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Hvannasunds kirkja is a church, which is situated 3 km north of Borðoy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Árnafjørður and Norðtoftir.
Árnafjørður
Village
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Árnafjørður is a town of the municipality of Klaksvík, on the island of Borðoy, in the Faroe Islands. Árnafjørður is located at the bottom of a deep inlet, named Árnfjarðarvík, "corner fjord's bay", on the east side of Borðoy.
Norðtoftir
Village
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Norðtoftir is a small settlement on the Faroese island of Borðoy in the Hvannasund municipality. The 2023 population was 3. Its postal code is FO 736. Norðtoftir is situated on the east coast of Borðoy at the end of the second tunnel on the road from Klaksvik.
Depil
Village
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Depil is a village in the Faroe Islands. Depil is located on the east side of Borðoy between Norðdepil and Norðtoftir. The village has only five inhabitants.
Borðoy
- Category: landform
- Location: Northern Islands, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Borðoy” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Borðoy”
- Azerbaijani: “Boroy adası”
- Basque: “Borðoy”
- Belarusian: “Барой”
- Belarusian: “Борай”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Барой”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Борай”
- Catalan: “Borðoy”
- Chinese: “博罗伊岛”
- Chinese: “博羅伊島”
- Czech: “Borðoy”
- Danish: “Bordø”
- Danish: “Borðoy”
- Dutch: “Bordoy”
- Dutch: “Borðoy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورذوى”
- Esperanto: “Borðoy”
- Faroese: “Borðoy”
- Finnish: “Bordoy”
- Finnish: “Borðoy”
- French: “Bordo”
- French: “Bordö”
- French: “Bordø”
- French: “Bordoë”
- French: “Bordoy”
- French: “Borðoy”
- German: “Bordö”
- German: “Bordø”
- German: “Bordoy”
- German: “Borðoy”
- Greek: “Μπόρντοϊ”
- Hebrew: “בוראוי”
- Hebrew: “בורד’וי”
- Hebrew: “בורדוי”
- Hebrew: “בורוי”
- Hungarian: “Borðoy”
- Icelandic: “Borðey”
- Icelandic: “Borðoy”
- Indonesian: “Borðoy”
- Irish: “Borðoy”
- Italian: “Borðoy”
- Japanese: “ボルウォイ島”
- Korean: “보르도이섬”
- Latvian: “Boroja”
- Lithuanian: “Borojus”
- Lombard: “Borðoy”
- Manx: “Borðoy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bordø”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Borðoy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bordoy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Borðoy”
- Norwegian: “Borðoy”
- Ossetian: “Бордой”
- Ossetian: “Борой”
- Persian: “بوروی”
- Polish: “Bordoy”
- Polish: “Borðoy”
- Portuguese: “Borðoy”
- Romanian: “Bordoy”
- Romanian: “Borðoy”
- Russian: “Бордой”
- Russian: “Борой”
- Scots: “Borðoy”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Borðoy”
- Serbian: “Bordoj”
- Serbian: “Бордој”
- Serbian: “Борђој”
- Slovak: “Borðoy”
- Spanish: “Bordø”
- Spanish: “Bordoy”
- Spanish: “Borðoy”
- Swedish: “Borðoy”
- Turkish: “Borðoy”
- Ukrainian: “Борой”
- Vietnamese: “Borðoy”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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