Akrar
Akrar is a village in the Faroe Islands. The population was 13 in 2024. It is located on Lopransfjørður, an inlet, which itself is part of Vágsfjørður, on the east-side of Suðuroy, and was founded in 1817.- Type: Village with 15 residents
- Description: settlement on Suduroy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Ögrum” and “Ökrum”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Beinisvørð and Kirvi.
Beinisvørð
Scenic viewpoint
Beinisvørð is a 469 metres high sea cliff in Suðuroy… Beinisvørð is situated 3½ km south of Akrar.
Porkeri Church
Church
Porkeri Church is a church in the settlement of Porkeri in the Faroe Islands. Porkeri Church is situated 3 km north of Akrar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lopra and Nes.
Lopra
Village
Lopra is a village on the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands, with the postal code FO 926.
Akrar
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sunnbøur, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.45629° or 61° 27′ 23″ north
Longitude
-6.75749° or 6° 45′ 27″ west
Population
15
Elevation
131 metres (430 feet)
Open location code
9CHMF64V+G2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Urdu—“Akrar” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Akrar”
- Chinese: “阿克拉尔”
- Danish: “Akrar”
- Danish: “Øgrum”
- Dutch: “Akrar”
- Esperanto: “Akrar”
- Faroese: “Akrar”
- Finnish: “Akrar”
- French: “Akrar”
- German: “Akrar”
- Hebrew: “אקראר”
- Hungarian: “Akrar”
- Irish: “Akrar”
- Italian: “Akrar”
- Lithuanian: “Akraras”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Akrar”
- Norwegian: “Akrar”
- Persian: “اکرار”
- Polish: “Akrar”
- Portuguese: “Akrar”
- Romanian: “Akrar”
- Swedish: “Akrar”
- Urdu: “اکرار”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Uttara Leitagjógv and Innara Leitagjógv.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Kirkjugarðurin á Leiti and Siglifelli.
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