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    Skopun (pronounced [skopʊn]; Danish: Skopen) is a town in the Faroe Islands situated on the northern coast of Sandoy. Skopun is the second-largest town...
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    of Sandur with a population of 532. Other settlements include Skarvanes, Skopun, Skálavík, Húsavík and Dalur. Sandoy gets its name from the large beach...
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  • helipad that is used for scheduled passenger flights ran by Atlantic Airways. Skopun and Tórshavn (a second one, near the hospital) have helipads used for ambulance...
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    which the ferry Teistin ceased its route between Gamlarætt on Streymoy and Skopun on Sandoy. The tunnel crosses the Skopunarfjørður and runs from Gamlarætt...
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    Dímun, Svínoy, and Tórshavn (Boðanes). There are air ambulance heliports at Skopun and Tórshavn (hospital). Transport in Denmark Tunnels of the Faroes Smyril...
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    Hestur route 66: Sandur (Sandoy) – Skúgvoy route 85: Gamlarætt (Streymoy) – Skopun (Sandoy) route 90: Tórshavn (Streymoy) – Nólsoy MS Smyril is the fifth Smyril...
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    Sandoy operated from Tórshavn, on a northern route across Skopunarfjørður to Skopun and Hestur, and a southern route via Skúvoyarfjørður to Skálavík, Skúvoy...
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    Vágar Mykineshólmur (45,0 sq hm), at Mykines Trøllhøvdi (19,0 sq hm), at Skopun Sandoy Gáshólmur (10,0 sq hm), at Sørvágur Vágar Tjaldavíkshólmur (7,5 sq...
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    harbour even more, and a great work started. It was Jens Marius Poulsen from Skopun, who was in charge of the work on the stone harbour. The stone harbour is...
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    074 30.9 Tvøroyri and Vágur Suðuroy Sandoy 112.1 1,428 12.4 Sandur and Skopun Sandoy Borðoy 95 5,030 52.4 Klaksvík Klaksvík and rest of northern Faroes...
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    tunnel starts just above the port of Gamlarætt and ends Traðardalur between Skopun and Sandur. The tunnel opened on 21 December 2023. Sum 68,285 224,032 9...
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    for fuel had to be cut at Syðradal and Fossdal on Streymoy or later in Skopun, Sandoy, and then transported by boat back to Koltur where it was stored...
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    between Skopun and Hestur. It is circa 80 metres (260 ft) deep in the middle reaches of the strait. The fjord is bordered by the Tórshavn, Skopun, Sandur...
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    Eysturoy 62°10′6″N 6°45′40″W / 62.16833°N 6.76111°W / 62.16833; -6.76111 Skopun 484 FO 240 Skopunar Sandoy 61°54′11″N 6°52′29″W / 61.90306°N 6.87472°W...
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    where he lives. He runs a sheep farm in Inni í Dal between Sandur and Skopun, near the school and football stadium of B71 Sandoy. He also runs a small...
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    Norðdepil (1866), Oyrarbakki (1924), Rituvík (1873), Skipanes (1839), Skopun (1830s), Slættanes (1835), Stykkið (1845), Svínáir (1820s), Syðradalur (1812)...
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  • Sakaris Stórá (category People from Skopun)
    Sakaris Stórá (born 28 July 1986 in Skopun) is a Faroese film director and screenwriter. In December 2012 he won the first public Faroese film award, Geytin...
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    Democratic Javnaðarflokkurin party in 1926. Dam was born on 11 August 1898, in Skopun, Faroe Islands. The first position he took was becoming a teacher in Tvøroyri...
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    Kvívík 597 12 49 75 Streymoy Streymoy Sandur 532 11 48 97 Sandoy Sandoy Skopun 440 49 9 0 Sandoy Sandoy Hvannasund 416 13 33 38 Viðoy and Borðoy Klaksvík...
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    Kvívík 615 13 49 75 Streymoy Streymoy Sandur 586 12 48 97 Sandoy Sandoy Skopun 507 56 9 0 Sandoy Sandoy Hvannasund 441 13 33 38 Viðoy and Borðoy Klaksvík...
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  • Niels Winther Poulsen (category People from Skopun)
    the Home Rule Party (Faroese: Sjálvstýrisflokkurin). Poulsen was born in Skopun. He graduated as a teacher from the Jonstrup Normal School (Danish: Jonstrup...
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    25 July 1940 (6 men died, all from Vágur), Cheerful TG321 exploded near Skopun on 17 October 1940 (7 men died, from Vágur, Hvalba and Nólsoy), Gracie TG630...
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    Skåle Skælingur Skælling Skarð Skår Skarvanes Skarvenæs Skipanes Skibenæs Skopun Skopen Skúvoy Skuø Søldarfjørður Solmunderfjørd Sørvágur Sørvåg Strendur...
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  • in Tórshavn where all the nominated films were shown. Sakaris Stórá from Skopun won the first Geytin film prize for the short movie for Summarnátt (Summer...
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  • to be formed. In the late 1960s, two of the island's towns, Sandur and Skopun, started to compete. There were no goals, so instead they used two rocks...
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    bókaflokks Bharath Sriraman. Rotterdam: Sense. Svanborg R. Jónsdóttir. (2016). Sköpun í skólastarfi. 4. Kafli. Kristín Karlsdóttir og Anna Magnea Hreinsdóttir...
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  • with eight men to carry the letter to Sandoy – to where the village of Skopun lies today. One of the men in the boat then had to walk to the village of...
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    measuring 0.8 km2 with a depth of 5 metres. It is situated in a valley between Skopun and Sandur, just north of the latter on Road 30. At the northern end of...
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  • 2.1 1 1.1 Skáli 58 13.5 119 27.7 104 24.2 36 8.4 64 14.9 15 3.5 34 7.9 Skopun 28 9.5 146 49.3 24 8.1 3 1.0 67 22.6 6 2.0 22 7.4 Skúvoy 4 12.1 14 42.4...
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  • fishing trawler (65 t) struck a mine and sank in the Faroe Islands off Skopun. All seven crew were killed. Craft Transport No.2  Canada The barge (150...
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