Mykineshólmur Lighthouse
Mykineshólmur Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Sørvágur Municipality, Vágar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse on the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Mykines Holmur Lighthouse”, “Mykines Hólmur Lighthouse”, and “Mykinesholmur Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Mykines.
Church of Mykines
Church
Photo: Arne List, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of Mykines is situated 2 km east of Mykineshólmur Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mykines.
Mykines
Village
Photo: Arne List, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mykines is the only settlement on Mykines Island, the westernmost of the Faroe Islands. It is a little coastal village with bright houses with turf roofs, with an old turf-roofed stone Church dating from 1878, and a small stream flowing through the village.
Mykineshólmur Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Sørvágur Municipality, Vágar, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.09729° or 62° 5′ 50″ northLongitude
-7.68222° or 7° 40′ 56″ westOpen location code
9CJJ38W9+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 9182981620OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
9963656Wikidata ID
Q28374633
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In Other Languages
From Danish to German—“Mykineshólmur Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Mykines fyr”
- Danish: “Mykineshólmur Fyr”
- German: “Leuchtturm Mykineshólmur”
- German: “Vitin á Mykineshólmi”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gáadrangur and Bølið.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Minnisvarði í Mykinesi and Mjáibøur ovari.
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