Kirkjuá is a river which runs through 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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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 ...
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The name Kirkjuá translates to 'Church river', and the name of the river comes from the fact that it runs in proximity to the church in Sørvágur.
Kirkjuá runs through the valley of
Húsadalur and out to the sea.
References
Rivers of the Faroe Islands
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