Hestur
Hestur is an island in the central Faroe Islands, to the west of Streymoy and the south of Koltur. Hestur means horse in Faroese. On the west coast is a guillemot colony.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 15 residents
- Description: village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark
- Also known as: “Hestur, Hestur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hests kirkja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Velbastaður and Kirkjubøur.
Velbastaður
Village
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Velbastaður is a village on the island of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. It is a part of Tórshavn Municipality and is considered among the oldest settlements in the islands. Velbastaður is situated 3½ km northeast of Hestur.
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 4½ km east of Hestur.
Koltur
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Koltur is a village on the island of Koltur, Faroe Islands. It has a population of 0 as of 30th of April 2025, but this is due to the village having non permanent residences, because of its small size. Koltur is situated 6 km northwest of Hestur.
Hestur
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Tórshavn Municipality, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.95562° or 61° 57′ 20″ northLongitude
-6.88305° or 6° 52′ 59″ westPopulation
15Open location code
9CHMX448+6QOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023749OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q1035832
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Romanian—“Hestur” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Hestur”
- Danish: “Hestø”
- Danish: “Hestur”
- French: “Hestur”
- Hungarian: “Hestur (település)”
- Hungarian: “Hestur”
- Korean: “헤스투르”
- Persian: “هستور (روستا)”
- Persian: “هستور”
- Polish: “Hestur (osada)”
- Polish: “Hestur”
- Romanian: “Hestur”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hestur”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.