Sandoyar
Sandoy is an island in the Faroe Islands, south of Streymoy. It's one of the archipelago's more southerly islands: only Suðuroy, Skúvoy and the two small Dímun islands are further south.
- Type: island with 1,350 residents
- Description: island in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Sandø”, “Sandoy”, “Sandoy (island in the Faroe Islands)”, “Sandoy region”, “Sandoyar Sysla”, and “Sandoyar Sýsla”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Sands kirkja and Skálavík Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandur and Skarvanes.
Skálavík
Village
Sandoyar
- Location: Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.8333° or 61° 50′ north
Longitude
-6.75° or 6° 45′ west
Population
1,350
Elevation
107 metres (351 feet)
Open location code
9CHMR7M2+82
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Sandoyar” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Sandoy”
- Amharic: “ሳንዶይ”
- Azerbaijani: “Sandoy adası”
- Azerbaijani: “Sandoy”
- Basque: “Sandoy”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Сандой”
- Belarusian: “Сандай”
- Belarusian: “Сандой”
- Bengali: “সান্দয়”
- Catalan: “Sandoy”
- Chinese: “桑岛”
- Chinese: “桑島”
- Czech: “Sandoy”
- Danish: “Sandø Syssel”
- Danish: “Sandoy”
- Dutch: “Sandoy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ساندوى”
- Esperanto: “Sandoy”
- Faroese: “Sandoy”
- Faroese: “Sandoyar sýsla”
- Finnish: “Sandoy”
- French: “Sandoy”
- German: “Sandoy”
- Greek: “Σάντοϊ”
- Hausa: “Sandoy”
- Hebrew: “סאנדוי”
- Hungarian: “Sandoy”
- Icelandic: “Sandey”
- Indonesian: “Sandoy”
- Irish: “Sandoy”
- Italian: “Sandoy”
- Japanese: “サンドイ”
- Japanese: “サンドイ島”
- Javanese: “Sandoy”
- Kazakh: “Сандай”
- Kirghiz: “Сандай”
- Korean: “산도이섬”
- Latvian: “Sandoja”
- Lithuanian: “Sandojus”
- Malay: “Sandoy”
- Northern Frisian: “Sandoy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sandoy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sandoy”
- Norwegian: “Sandoy”
- Oromo: “Sandoy”
- Ossetian: “Сандой”
- Panjabi: “ਸਾਂਡਾਇ”
- Persian: “سندوی”
- Polish: “Sandoy”
- Portuguese: “Sandoy”
- Pushto: “سندوی”
- Romanian: “Sandoy”
- Russian: “Сандой”
- Scots: “Sandoy”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Sandoy”
- Slovak: “Sandoy”
- Somali: “Sandoy”
- Spanish: “Sandoy”
- Swahili: “Sandoy”
- Swedish: “Sandoy”
- Tajik: “Сандӣ”
- Tatar: “Сандой”
- Turkish: “Sandoy”
- Ukrainian: “Сандой”
- Urdu: “سینڈوئے”
- Uzbek: “Sandoy”
- Vietnamese: “Sandoy”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Árnaberg and Rókamiðagjógvin.
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