Skálavík
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Skálavík () is a village and municipality on the eastern coast of the Faroese island Sandoy.
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Place details
- Locality
- Skálavík
- Region
- Sandoy
- Country
- Føroyar
- Population
- 171
- Timezone
- Atlantic/Faroe
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Skálavík
- Settlement.official_name
- Skálavík Municipality
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Skálavík Faroe Islands 2012.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Skálavík in July 2012
- Settlement.image_map
- Map-position-skalavikar-kommuna-2005.png
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Skálavíkar kommuna in the Faroe Islands
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Faroe Islands
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Skálavík village in the Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Island
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sandoy
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Depilin í Skálavík - Hotel Skálavík
- See also
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Skálavík () is a village and municipality on the eastern coast of the Faroese island Sandoy.
==Name== The name Skálavík comes from Faroese language common noun skál (bowl)+ vík (bay), meaning a bowl-shaped bay.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skálavík” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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