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.
- Island
- …has 5,530 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 229 metres (751 feet)
- Description: island in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as“Bordhoy”“Bordø”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Árnafjarðar kirkja and Hvannasunds kirkja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Árnafjørður and Norðtoftir.
Norðtoftir
Village
Borðoy
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
62.266° or 62° 15′ 58″ north
Longitude
-6.53038° or 6° 31′ 49″ west
Open location code
9CJM7F89+9R
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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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”
- Northern Frisian: “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”
- Urdu: “بوردوئے”
- Vietnamese: “Borðoy”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Toftaknúkur and Tólvmarkaknúkur.
Faroe Islands: Highlights
Notable places include Tórshavn and Klaksvík.
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