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Hvítanes
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Hvítanes () is a village in the Faroe Islands. It is on Streymoy's east coast, northeast of Hoyvík and Tórshavn. Its name means "White Point" in Faroese.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hvítanes
- Settlement.other_name
- Hvidenæs
- 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
- Tórshavn Municipality
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1837
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- September 2025
- Settlement.population_total
- 108
- Settlement.timezone
- GMT
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- EST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +1
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Faroe Islands
- Located in
- Tórshavn Municipality
- Population
- 109
- Image
- Hvítanes 1899.jpg
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- Hvítanes
- located in/on physical feature
- Streymoy
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Hvítanes () is a village in the Faroe Islands. It is on Streymoy's east coast, northeast of Hoyvík and Tórshavn. Its name means "White Point" in Faroese.
Hvítanes is located in a little bay with a stone beach and a harbour where the small boats can be pulled up a ramp out of reach of the sometimes destructive sea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hvítanes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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