Saltangará ( da, Saltangerå) is a village in the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...

, on the island of

Eysturoy Eysturoy (pronounced estroimeaning 'East Island') is a region and the second-largest of the Faroe Islands, both in size and population. Description Eysturoy is separated by a narrow sound from the main island of Streymoy. Eysturoy is extremely ...

. Saltangará was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of

s Skalafjordur-inlet between

Rituvík Rituvík ( da, Ridevig) is a village on the southeast side of the Faroese island of Eysturoy located in the municipality of Runavíkar. History Founded in 1873, its current church was built in 1955. The name Rituvík means ''Kittiwake Cove''. Po ...

and

Søldarfjørður Søldarfjørður ( da, Solmundefjord) is a village in the south of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in Runavík Municipality. The 2002 population was 344. Its postal code is FO 344. References External linksPersonal Danish site with photographs ...

. The name is derived from three words: ''angar'' comes from the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

''angr'' which means a

fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...

or bay; ''á'' means a stream; and ''salt'' has the same meaning in Faroese, Icelandic and English. The village is located in

Runavík Municipality Runavík Municipality ( fo, Runavíkar kommuna) is a municipality of the Faroe Islands. The town of Saltangará is the administrative centre. Its area comprises parts of the island of Eysturoy. It contains the following towns and villages: ...

along with Æðuvík, Glyvur,

Runavík Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in Runavík Municipality, Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy. Port Founded in 1916, Runavík has an important port, originally used predominantly by fishing boats but n ...

, Skipanes, Søldarfjørdur, Elduvík, Funningsfjørdur,

Glyvrar Glyvrar ( da, Glibre) is a village located on Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It is one of several villages on the east side of the Skálafjørður fjord that have grown into a 10-kilometre-long conurbation. In Glyvrar there is a museum calle ...

, Oyndarfjørdur, Skáli, Skálafjørdur, Lambi and Lambareidi.

Notable people

* Jústinus Hansen, footballer *

Jens Martin Knudsen Jens Martin Knudsen (12 October 1930 – 17 February 2005) was a Danish astrophysicist. During his scientific career Knudsen authored or co-authored more than 100 scientific articles, and was a longtime advisor to NASA. Early years Knudsen w ...

, footballer * Petur Knudsen, footballer

References

External links

Faroeislands.dk: Saltangará
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saltangara Populated places in the Faroe Islands

Notable people

See also

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