Saksun

Saksun is a village near the northwest coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy, in Sunda Municipality.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Saksun
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Saksun, Faroe Islands (2).JPG
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: View of Saksun from the lake
Settlement.pushpin_map: Faroe Islands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in the Faroe Islands
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Constituent country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Island
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Streymoy
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Sunda
Settlement.unit_pref: Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of: 1 January 2006
Settlement.population_total: 9

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: hamlet
Country: Faroe Islands
Located in: Sunda Municipality
Population: 10
Image: Saksun 2019 1.jpg

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Commons category: Saksun
Commons gallery: Saksun
located in/on physical feature: Streymoy

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Saksun is a village near the northwest coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy, in Sunda Municipality.

==Geography== Saksun lies in the bottom of what used to be an inlet of the sea, surrounded by high mountains. The inlet formed a good deep natural harbour, until a storm blocked it with sand. The old harbour become an inaccessible seawater lagoon, only accessible by small boats on high tide.

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