Trongisvágsfjørður is a

fjord In physical geography, a fjord (also spelled fiord in New Zealand English; ) is a long, narrow sea inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Antarctica, the Arctic, and surrounding landmasses of the n ...

on the island of

Suðuroy Suðuroy (pronounced: �suːwʊrɔior �suːri ‘South Island’, ) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres (63.2 sq mi). In 2018 the population was 4,601. Suðuroy region ( sýsla) comprise ...

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 ...

. There are four villages around the fjord. Furthest east on the northern side of the fjord is Froðba, in the bottom of the fjord is

Trongisvágur Trongisvágur () is a village on the island of Suduroy in the Faroe Islands. Trongisvágur is the village in the bottom of Trongisvágsfjørður ( fjord) on the east coast of Suduroy. Trongisvágur and the neighbouring villages of Tvøroyri an ...

. In between Trongisvágur and Froðba is

Tvøroyri Tvøroyri is a village on the north side of the Trongisvágsfjørður on the east coast of Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands. Together with Froðba, Trongisvágur, Líðin and Øravík it forms Tvøroyri Municipality. The village is considered ...

, the largest of these villages. South of Trongisvágur in a bay is Øravík, a part of Øravík is called Øravíkarlíð, it is located close to Trongisvágur and not visible from Øravík. These villages are in the Municipality of Tvøroyri.

The ferry port on Krambatangi

The ferry port of Krambatangi is on the southern side of the fjord between

and Øravík. The ferry port was on Drelnes before 2005 when the new ferry Smyril arrived, which necessitated building a new ferry port. Drelnes is just a few hundred metres further east than Krambatangi.

The Salt Silo on Drelnes

There is an old Salt Silo on Drelnes which is a ruin, but there is a plan called Project Salt which intends to restore the Saltsilo into a concert hall and cultural house. There was a big concert there in May 2010. All the bands played for free in order to support the project.Kramm.fo

References

External links

Tvoroyri.fo
about the Salt Silo.
Tvoroyri.fo
Port of Tvoroyri.
SSL.fo

Photos on Flickr from the aid concert in the ruin Salt Silo on Drelnes in May 2010.
Fjords of the Faroe Islands Suðuroy {{fjord-stub