Nolso Island Lighthouse
Nolso Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Udet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse on the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Lighthouse Nólsoy”, “Nolsø Lighthouse”, “Nólsoy Fyr”, “Nolsoy Lighthouse”, “Nólsoy Lighthouse”, and “Nólsoyar Viti”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nólsoy and Argir.
Nólsoy
Village
Nólsoy is an island and village in central Faroe Islands, 4km east of the capital Tórshavn in Streymoy. Nólsoy is situated 7 km northwest of Nolso Island Lighthouse.
Argir
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Argir is a village in the Faroe Islands. Argir most likely takes its name from Old Irish airge, which means summer pasture; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning. Argir is situated 9 km northwest of Nolso Island Lighthouse.
Kirkjubøur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Streymoy is the largest of the Faroe Islands. The 24,700 inhabitants make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands. Kirkjubøur is situated 9 km west of Nolso Island Lighthouse.
Nolso Island Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.95724° or 61° 57′ 26″ northLongitude
-6.61447° or 6° 36′ 52″ westInception
1893Open location code
9CHMX94P+V6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1208591368OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
From Danish to German—“Nolso Island Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Nólsoy Fyr”
- German: “Leuchtturm Nólsoy”
Localities in the Area
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