Church of Sandavágur
Sandavágur Church is a distinctive red-roofed church in the town of Sandavágur in the Faroe Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Lutheran
- Description: church in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Sandavagur Church”, “Sandavágur Church”, and “Sandavágur kirke”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Miðvágs kirkja.
Miðvágs kirkja
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Miðvágs kirkja is a church, which is situated 2½ km west of Church of Sandavágur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandavágur and Miðvágur.
Sandavágur
Village
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Sandavágur is a town on the south coast of the Faroese island of Vágar. The name Sandavágur means sandy bay and refers to the sandy beach which used to be much larger than present.
Miðvágur
Village
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Miðvágur, is a village in the Faroe Islands on Vágar. It has been a municipality until 1 January 2009 when it fused with Sandavágur into Vága kommuna. Located on the south coast of the island of Vágar, Miðvágur is the largest town on this Faroese island.
Vatnsoyrar
Village
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Vatnsoyrar is a village founded in 1921 in the middle of the Faroese island of Vagar. Vatnsoyrar, being created in 1921, is one of the youngest settlements in the Faroes. Vatnsoyrar is situated 6 km northwest of Church of Sandavágur.
Church of Sandavágur
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Vága Municipality, Vágar, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.05388° or 62° 3′ 14″ northLongitude
-7.15147° or 7° 9′ 5″ westOpen location code
9CJJ3R3X+HCOpenStreetMap ID
way 229119005OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=lutheranWikidata ID
Q3585633
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Russian—“Church of Sandavágur” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Sandavágs kirkja”
- Danish: “Sandavágur Kirke”
- Faroese: “Sandavágs kirkja”
- French: “église de Sandavágur”
- French: “Église de Sandavágur”
- Russian: “Сандавагурская церковь”
- Russian: “Сандавагурская Церковь”
- Russian: “Сандавоавурская церковь”
- Russian: “Церковь в Сандавагуре”
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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 “Church of Sandavágur”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.