Gálgatangi front
Gálgatangi front is a lighthouse in Tvøroyri Municipality, Suðuroy. Gálgatangi front is situated nearby to the lighthouse Gálgatangi rear, as well as near the river Myllá.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Tvoroyri and Øravíkar kirkja.
Church of Tvoroyri
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church of Tvoroyri is a national church in Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands. It was constructed in Norway as a building set, moved to Tvøroyri and then built there in 1908. Church of Tvoroyri is situated 1¼ km north of Gálgatangi front.
Øravíkar kirkja
Church
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Øravíkar kirkja is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Gálgatangi front.
Krambatangi
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Krambatangi is the ferry port of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. The ferry MS Smyril M/F disembarks 2–3 times daily from Krambatangi to Tórshavn. Krambatangi is located on the southern side of Trongisvágsfjørður halfway between Trongisvágur and Øravík, opposite Tvøroyri. Krambatangi is situated 1¼ km northwest of Gálgatangi front.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Øravík and Froðba.
Øravík
Village
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Øravík is a village on the east coast of the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. The village is located in the center of the island on a crossroad where the road to Fámjin goes towards west over the mountains to the west coast.
Froðba
Village
Froðba is a village located furthest out on the north brink of Trongisvágsfjørður, an inlet on the east coast of the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands.
Øravíkarlíð
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Øravíkarlíð or Líðin is a village on the island of Suðuroy, the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The population was 60 in December 2008.
Gálgatangi front
- Type: Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Tvøroyri Municipality, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.54207° or 61° 32′ 31″ northLongitude
-6.79806° or 6° 47′ 53″ westOpen location code
9CHMG6R2+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 1208591283OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouse
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In Other Languages
“Gálgatangi front” goes by many names.
- German: “Leuchtturm Gálgatangi Unterfeuer”
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Highlights include Gálgatangi rear and Myllá.
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