Skåla (other)
Skåla may refer to: * Skåla (Møre og Romsdal), a mountain in Volda municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Skåla (Vestland), a mountain in Stryn municipality, Vestland county, Norway See also * Skála, a village in the Faroe Islands * Skala (other) Skala may refer to: Places Greece * Skala, Patmos, the main port on the island of Patmos in Greece * Skala, Laconia, a municipality in southern Greece * Skala, Xanthi, a settlement in north-eastern Greece * Skala, Cephalonia, a resort in the Io ...

Skåla (Møre Og Romsdal)
Skåla may refer to: * Skåla (Møre og Romsdal), a mountain in Volda municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway * Skåla (Vestland), a mountain in Stryn municipality, Vestland county, Norway See also * Skála, a village in the Faroe Islands * Skala (other) Skala may refer to: Places Greece * Skala, Patmos, the main port on the island of Patmos in Greece * Skala, Laconia, a municipality in southern Greece * Skala, Xanthi, a settlement in north-eastern Greece * Skala, Cephalonia, a resort in the Io ...

Skåla (Vestland)
Skåla is a mountain in the municipality of Stryn in Vestland county, Norway. The mountain is located about east of the village of Loen and about south of the lake Oppstrynsvatn. There are two summits to the mountain, one at and one at above sea level. The latter one is sometimes called ''Stryneskåla''. Every year there is a race from the village of Loen up the mountain. Skålatårnet/Kloumantårnet The tower at the top of the tall summit is built from rocks. It is called ''Skålatårnet'' ("Skåla tower") or ''Kloumantårnet'' ("Klouman tower"). The construction of the tower was initiated by Doctor Hans Henrik Gerhard Klouman from the nearby village of Innvik. According to what seems to be a widespread legend, the tower was built as a means to cure tuberculosis, which was widespread in the late 19th century. However this myth has been falsified by local historian Ove Eide. According to Ove Eide, no references to tuberculosis exist in any written records before 1991 ...
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Skála
Skála (reclaimed its original name ''Skála'' as opposed to incorrect ''Skáli'' in 2011;Landverk
is a village on the east coast of the Faroese island of

Eysturoy

, located in

Runavík Municipality

. Its postal code is FO 480. It has a population of 751 (August 2022). The current church in the village was opened in 1940. Skála is home to the largest shipyard in the

Faroe Islands

, with i ...
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