Kirkjuvatn, Fámjin

Name: Kirkjuvatn
Address: Fámjin, Faroe Islands

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Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Kirkjuvatn is a lake in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. The lake is located just north of the village of Fámjin, which is located on the west coast of Suðuroy. Fámjin is the only village on the island which is facing directly west. Only one other village, Sumba is also located on the west coast, but Sumba is facing south-west. The name of the lake means Church Lake – kirkja means church and vatn means lake in this case, although the most common meaning of the word vatn is water. The lake is 0.2 km², the largest lake in the island of Suðuroy. The lake is among the 10 largest lakes in the Faroe Islands. ()

Elevation: 256 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 61°31'35"N, 6°52'37"W

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Kirkjuvatn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Eggjarnar, Fámjin stone, Porkeri Church, Church of Tvoroyri.

5 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Eggjarnar, Vágur
129 min walk • Eggjarnar is a place to the south of the village of Vágur on Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands, which is known for its scenic viewpoint to the sea-cliffs of the southern part of Suðuroy all the way to Beinisvørð in the south, and to Vágseiði in the north.
~620 ftW
Church, Stela
Fámjin stone, Fámjin
3 min walk • The Fámjin stone is a runestone located in the church of Fámjin on the Faroe Islands. The stone bears both Latin and Runic letters. The stone is dated to the time after the Faroese reformation in 1538, and proves that runes were used up to as late as the 16th century. It is the youngest of the Faroese runestones.
5.3 miSE
Architecture, Church
Porkeri Church, Porkeri
136 min walk • Porkeri Church is a church in the settlement of Porkeri in the Faroe Islands. Porkeri is situated on the island of Suðuroy, which is the southernmost of the islands. It is a wooden church and it has a roof of turf.
3.1 miNE
Church
Church of Tvoroyri, Tvøroyri
80 min walk • Church of Tvoroyri is a national church in Tvøroyri, Faroe Islands. It was constructed in Norway as a building set, moved to Tvøroyri and then built there in 1908.
2.4 miNE
Harbor
Krambatangi, Tvøroyri
63 min walk • Krambatangi is the ferry port of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. The ferry MS Smyril M/F disembarks 2–3 times daily from Krambatangi to Tórshavn.
3 miNE
Natural attraction, Nature, Fjord
Trongisvágsfjørður
77 min walk • Trongisvágsfjørður is a fjord on the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. 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. In between Trongisvágur and Froðba is Tvøroyri, the largest of these villages.
1.6 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Nónfjall, Suðuroy
41 min walk • Nónfjall is a 367-metre-high mountain on the island Vágar in the Faroe Islands, the mountain is located south of the village of Sørvágur, near Vágar Airport and east of the mountain Høgafjall. The name Nónfjall translates to 'Noon mountain'.
5.7 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature, Fjord
Vágsfjørður
145 min walk • Vágsfjørður is a fjord on the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. The fjord is located in the southern part and on the eastern side of the island. The distance between the east and the west coast of Suðuroy is very short from Vágsfjørður to Vágseiði. Between the fjord and Vágseiði is a lake which is called Vatnið.
2.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Borgarknappur, Suðuroy
60 min walk • Borgarknappur is a mountain in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. The mountain is 574 metres high. It is located in the center of the island, west of the village Hov and south-east of Fámjin, south-west of Øravík and north of Vágur.
1.7 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Gluggarnir, Suðuroy
43 min walk • Gluggarnir is a mountain in the Faroe Islands. At 610 metres, it is the highest mountain on the southernmost island, Suðuroy. The mountain is located between the villages of Fámjin and Trongisvágur.
4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Porkeri Mountains, Suðuroy
103 min walk • The Porkeri Mountains are a mountain range near the village of Porkeri in the Faroe Islands near the Porkeri Mountains, just north of Vágur on Suðuroy's east coast.