Gøtueiði () a town in the

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 ...

, located deep in the Skalafjordur-inlet on

Eysturoy Eysturoy (, meaning '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 rugged, with som ...

, founded in 1850. The village has now grown towards its neighbour-village Skipanes. During the 1980s there were religious tent-meetings in Gøtueiði. Gotueidi consists of the villages/settlements

Norðragøta Norðragøta (), also just referred to as Gøta, is a village on Eysturoy island, Faroe Islands. Overview The municipality of Gøta (''Gøtu kommuna'') was a municipality until 1 January 2009 when it merged with Leirvík into Eysturkommuna. ...

(Northern Gøta), Syðrugøta (Southern Gøta),

Gøtugjógv Gøtugjógv (), Norðragøta and Syðrugøta are villages that are located in the Faroe Islands. These areas are located at the end of an inlet which is called 'Gøtuvík'. This is on the east side of the island of Eysturoy.

(Gøta's cleft) and Gøtueiði (Gøta's isthmus). They form part of the

Eystur Eystur Municipality () is a municipality of the Faroe Islands. In Faroese, ''eystur'' means east and so the municipality is ''East Municipality''. It covers an eastern part of the island of Eysturoy. It was created on 1 January 2009 from the mer ...

municipality.

External links

Faroeislands.dk: Gotueidi
Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands. Populated places in the Faroe Islands Populated places established in 1850 {{faroes-geo-stub

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