Skarvanes

Skarvanes (; lit. 'cape of shags') is a village on Sandoy, in the Faroe Islands.

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Place details

Locality: Skarvanes
Region: Sandoy
Country: Føroyar
Population: 4

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Skarvanes
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Skarvanes, Faroe Islands.JPG
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Skarvanes, with the islands of Lítla Dímunand Stóra Dímun in the background
Settlement.image_map: Sandoy map.jpg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Sandoy
Settlement.pushpin_map: Faroe Islands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
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: Sandoy
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Húsavík Municipality

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Skarvanes (; lit. 'cape of shags') is a village on Sandoy, in the Faroe Islands.

It temporarily became extinct in 2000 when its last permanent inhabitant died, though the population has since rebounded; as of 2013, the population is 13, with most of the houses being uses as holiday homes.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Skarvanes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.