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Skælingur

Coordinates: 62°06′00″N 7°00′00″W / 62.100°N 7.000°W / 62.100; -7.000
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Skælingur
Village
View to Skælingur and Koltur
View to Skælingur and Koltur
Skælingur is located in Denmark Faroe Islands
Skælingur
Skælingur
Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°5′45″N 7°0′24″W / 62.09583°N 7.00667°W / 62.09583; -7.00667
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Faroe Islands
IslandStreymoy
MunicipalityKvívík Municipality
Population
 (1 June 2010)
 • Total13
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (EST)
Postal code
FO 336
ClimateCfc

Skælingur is a village on the west of the main Faroese island of Streymoy in the Kvívík Municipality.

The 2010 population was 13. Its postal code is FO 336. It is by the mountain Skælingsfjall, one of the tallest mountains in the archipelago with a height of 767 metres.[1]

The nearby Skælingsfjall mountain used to be called Skælingur. The "skæli" prefix comes from the Faroese noun skáli (house). The mountain is said to resemble the shape of a house.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ US.fo Archived 2015-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Eivind Weyhe (2020), Fjallanøvn Í Føroyum PDF
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62°06′00″N 7°00′00″W / 62.100°N 7.000°W / 62.100; -7.000