Porkeri Church
Porkeri Church is a church in the settlement of Porkeri in the Faroe Islands. Porkeri is situated on the island of Suðuroy, which is the southernmost of the islands.Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hovs kirkja and Vágs kirkja.
Hovs kirkja
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hovs kirkja is a church, which is situated 3 km north of Porkeri Church.
Vágs kirkja
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vágs kirkja is a church, which is situated 3½ km west of Porkeri Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porkeri and Nes.
Porkeri
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porkeri is a village in the Faroe Islands, situated northeast of Vágur on Suðuroy's east coast. As of 2020 it had a population of 318, and it has been inhabited at least as early as the 14th century.
Nes
Village
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Nes is a village on the Faroese island of Suðuroy located in the municipality of Vágur. It is located west of Porkeri and east of Vágur. It should not be confused with another village by the same name on Eysturoy.
Akrar
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akrar is a village in the Faroe Islands. The population was 13 in 2024. It is located on Lopransfjørður, an inlet, which itself is part of Vágsfjørður, on the east-side of Suðuroy, and was founded in 1817. Akrar is situated 3 km south of Porkeri Church.
Porkeri Church
- Type: Church
- Description: church in the Faroe Islands
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Porkeri, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.48086° or 61° 28′ 51″ northLongitude
-6.74631° or 6° 44′ 47″ westOpen location code
9CHMF7J3+8FOpenStreetMap ID
way 723875185OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata ID
Q3425487
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“Porkeri Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “波切里教堂”
- Danish: “Porkeri Kirke”
- Danish: “Porkeris Kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porkeri kirke”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porkeri kirkja”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Porkeris kirkja”
- Norwegian: “Porkeris kirkja”
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