Kjóvadalur
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Kjóvadalur is a small valley in the village
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. ...
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 ...
. Its name translates to 'the valley of the Kjógvi'. Kjógvi is the Faroese word for the bird
Arctic skua The parasitic jaeger (North America) or Arctic skua (Europe) (''Stercorarius parasiticus''), is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. It is a migratory species breeding in Northern Scandinavia, Scotland, Iceland, Greenland, Northern Canada ...
. The river
Skipá Skipá is the name of two rivers in 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 Denmark. ...
runs through Kjóvadal. Above Kjóvadal lies the mountain
Nónfjall Nónfjall is a mountain on the island Vágar in the Faroe Islands.US.fo
The mountain is located south of the village of
. Valleys of the Faroe Islands


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