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Stóravatn
Stóravatn is a lake in Sandoy, Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat .... The lake is located just south of the village Sandur, which is located on the south coast of Sandoy. The lake is 0.15 km2 and is among the 10 largest lakes in the Faroe Islands. References {{Reflist Lakes of the Faroe Islands Sandoy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lakes Of The Faroe Islands
The most important lakes in the Faroe Islands are Sørvágsvatn on Vágar, Fjallavatn also on Vágar, Sandsvatn on Sandoy, Lake Eiði on Eysturoy and Lake Toftir on Eysturoy. There are many other smaller lakes across the whole country, most of them used for leisure fishing. Some of the lakes are also used for electricity production, and especially Lake Eiði near Eiði and the water systems around Vestmanna are important in this context. Also in Strond on Borðoy and at Botnur power plant, Botnur in Suðuroy there are important power-plants. The 10 largest lakes in the Faroe Islands (natural sizes) * 1. Sørvágsvatn, Vágar, 3.57 km² (This lake has two names, the other name is Leitisvatn) * 2. Fjallavatn, Vágar, 1.03 km² * 3. Sandsvatn, Sandoy, 0.82 km² * 4. Lake Toftir (''Toftavatn''), Eysturoy, 0.51 km² * 5. Lake Eiði (''Eiðisvatn''), Eysturoy, 0.47 km² (0.47 is the natural size of the lake before SEV made a dam there for their hydro-power pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandoy
Sandoy ("Sand Island") is the first of the five southern islands that make up the Faroe chain, the fifth biggest of all the Faroe Islands, an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark. It also refers to the Regions of the Faroe Islands, region that includes this island along with Skúvoy and Stóra Dímun. , the largest population centre on the island is the village of Sandur (Faroe Islands), Sandur with a population of 532. Other settlements include Skarvanes, Skopun, Skálavík, Húsavík, Faroe Islands, Húsavík and Dalur. Sandoy gets its name from the large beach at Sandur, Faroe Islands, Sandur, and the general sandy soil of the island. It is the only island with dunes. There are similarly named islands, Sanday, Orkney, Sanday in the Orkney Islands, Sanday, Inner Hebrides, Sanday in the Inner Hebrides and Sandøya, Møre og Romsdal, Sandøy in Norway. The Sandoyartunnilin connects between the centre of the island and Gamlarætt on Streymoy. Construction started in 2019 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandur, Faroe Islands
Sandur (meaning ''sandy beach''; ) is a village on the south coast of the island of Sandoy in the Faroe Islands. The Sandur hoard of silver coins, dating to the end of the 11th century, attests to the long history of the village. In January 2024, the population stood at 529. The municipality of Sandur consists of the village of Sandur only. It is the most populous place on the "Sand Island", and is situated on a peninsula between the lakes of Gróthúsvatn in the northwest and Sandsvatn in the northeast, facing the inlets of Grótvík and Sandsvágur in the south. History Sandur is an old site of the Thing (assembly), thing where every year the local Várting was held. Excavations here have unearthed a stave church from the 11th century, where today there is a typical Faroese wooden church with a grass roof. In 1988, the modern church suffered a devastating fire in which all of the church's silver melted. The fire turned out to be arson. In the following year, the church was rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a population of 54,609 and a land area of 1,393 km². The official language is Faroese language, Faroese, which is partially mutually intelligible with Icelandic language, Icelandic. The terrain is rugged, dominated by fjords and cliffs with sparse vegetation and few trees. As a result of its proximity to the Arctic Circle, the islands experience perpetual Twilight, civil twilight during summer nights and very short winter days; nevertheless, they experience a Oceanic climate#Subpolar variety (Cfc, Cwc), subpolar oceanic climate and mild temperatures year-round due to the Gulf Stream. The capital, Tórshavn, receives the fewest recorded hours of sunshine of any city in the world at only 840 per year. Færeyinga saga, Færeyinga Saga and the writin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
