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    Akraberg is the southern tip of Suðuroy, 5 km (3 miles) south from the village of Sumba, in the Faroe Islands. The name Akraberg derives from akur (cereal...
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    this, as the weather station is located at 105 meters above sea level. Akraberg is milder than much of the Faroe Islands and experiences frost on 38 days...
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  • Name Image Island Location Year built Notes Akraberg Lighthouse Suðuroy Akraberg 61°23′40″N 6°40′45″W / 61.394428°N 6.679112°W / 61.394428; -6.679112...
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    settlement, Víkarbyrgi was abandoned late in the 1990s. Another settlement, Akraberg was abandoned around 1350 because of the Black Death; the people who lived...
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    People from Suðuroy also refer to 'Frísarnir í Akrabergi' (The Frisians of Akraberg). English and German are sometimes used for the purposes of tourism. Norwegian...
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    pillbox on Eggjarnar near Vágur in Suðuroy British pillboxes or bunkers in Akraberg, the southernmost place in Suðuroy and the Faroe Islands British invasion...
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  • site Power (kW) Transmission aerial Programme Mode of transmission 531 Akraberg 5 Kringvarp Føroya Pontevedra 25 RNE Radio 5 Oviedo 20 RNE Radio 5 (Asturias)...
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    61° 10' 30".85 N, 6° 40' 23".77 W. Flesjarnar can be seen from Sumba, Akraberg and from Eggjarnar and other high places in Suðuroy. US.fo Archived 2013-10-21...
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  • Inseln English name German name Endonym Notes Name Language Akraberg Äckerkliff Akraberg Faroese Gásadalur Gänsetal Gásadalur Faroese Hoyvík Heubucht...
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    January 2023 "Molde Airport - Avinor". avinor.no. Retrieved 7 January 2023. "Akraberg", Wikipedia, 7 March 2022, retrieved 7 January 2023 "Suðuroy", Wikipedia...
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  • Islands a low air pressure of 932.2 hPa was recorded on Christmas Eve at Akraberg lighthouse. 927 2014, 5 January 51° N, 36° W Christina 934 2015, 5 December...
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    strong current. Flesjarnar are a group of rocks, located 5 km south of Akraberg in Suðuroy. The rocks are: Sumbiarfles, 4 metres high (nearest to land)...
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  • 1963 United States Bartlesville, Oklahoma 15.24 m Akraberg Lighthouse 1909 Faroe Islands Akraberg 14 m Chenal de Groumili Lighthouse 1928 France Saint...
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    Islands a low air pressure of 932.2 hPa was recorded on Christmas Eve at Akraberg lighthouse. This was not as low as the Faroese record of 930.3 hPa (27...
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  • on the land is indicated in certain names of settlements. The town of Akraberg (the name akur means cereal field) and Hoyvík (which means hay bay). At...
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    30: 119–121. Bloch, D. and Sørensen, S. 1983. The autumn migration at Akraberg, Faroe Islands, 1982. Fróðskaparrit 31: 75–93. Bloch, D. and Sørensen,...
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    429028; 10.407722 (Chimney of Fynsværket 1) Akraberg transmitter 463 ft 141 m 1990 Guyed mast Akraberg, Faroe Islands 61°23′51.84″N 6°40′58.72″W / 61...
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  • 57.14810°N 12.35612°E / 57.14810; 12.35612 21300000014131 Åkrabergs ladugård Värö-Åkraberg 1:12 1 57°15′32″N 12°13′55″E / 57.25889°N 12.23186°E / 57...
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    air pressure of 932.2 hPa (27.53 inHg) was recorded on Christmas Eve at Akraberg lighthouse. This was not as low as the Faroese record of 930.3 hPa, set...
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    (Albert Djurhuus) Born in Sumba 1912, died 1999, lighthouse keeper in Akraberg 234 Tróndur við Á Born in Velbastaður 1901, died 1978, king's tenant 149...
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