Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station
The Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station is the largest hydroelectric power station in the Faroe Islands. It stands below a dam on Lake Eiði on the island of Eysturoy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Power station
- Description: hydroelectric power station in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Eiði power plant”, “Eiði Power Plant”, and “Eiðisverkið”
- Address: í Barmi
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lake Eiði and Slættaratindur.
Lake Eiði
Reservoir
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Eiði is a lake on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Lake Eiði is located between the villages of Eiði and Ljósá. It is the fifth-largest natural lake in the Faroe Islands, with a natural size of 47 hectares that has been increased to 1.14 square kilometers.
Slættaratindur
Peak
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Slættaratindur is the highest mountain in the Faroe Islands, at an elevation of 880 metres. It is located in the northern part of Eysturoy, between the villages of Eiði, Gjógv, and Funningur. Slættaratindur is situated 3½ km northeast of Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station.
Haldórsvíkar kirkja
Church
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haldórsvíkar kirkja is a church, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haldórsvík and Ljósá.
Haldórsvík
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Streymoy is the largest of the Faroe Islands. The 24,700 inhabitants make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands.
Ljósá
Village
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Ljósá is a village located on Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands, in Eiði Municipality. It is located 4 km south of Eiði and 4 km north of Svínáir. The village was founded around 1840.
Eiði
Village
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eysturoy is part of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. Eysturoy, meaning "east island", is the second-largest island in the Faroe Islands, both in size and population.
Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station
- Categories: hydroelectric power station and industry
- Location: Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.28112° or 62° 16′ 52″ northLongitude
-7.07259° or 7° 4′ 21″ westInception
April 28th, 1987Operator
SEVOpen location code
9CJJ7WJG+CXOpenStreetMap ID
way 497025462OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q17769372
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “埃伊电站”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eiði kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Eiði kraftverk”
- Swedish: “Eiði kraftverk”
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Highlights include Norðarafjall and Sunnarafjall.
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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 “Eiði Hydroelectric Power Station”. Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.