Húsadalur is a small valley in the village of
Sørvágur :''There is also a town called Vágur on Suðuroy.''
Sørvágur () is a village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands.
It is located at the landward end of Sørvágsfjørður. Sørvágur is the largest village in Sørvágur Municipality.
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on 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 ...
. The name Húsadalur translates to 'the valley of the houses'. In modern times there are no houses in the valley, but the name suggests that people have lived there in the past.
There is a dam in Húsadalur which provides drinking water to Sørvág.
The river
Kirkjuá
Kirkjuá is a river which runs through the village of Sørvágur 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 Denm ...
runs through Húsadal.
''Note: this place should not be confused with Húsadalur in
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
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Valleys of the Faroe Islands
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