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    Hvalba (Danish: Kvalbø) is a village and a municipality in the Faroe Islands, which consists of Hvalba, Nes-Hvalba and Sandvík. The village spreads around...
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    Royn Hvalba or Bóltfelagið Royn, or just Royn, is a Faroese football and sports association from Hvalba in Suðuroy, founded on 23 October 1923. The chairman...
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    starvation. In 1615, the pirate-plagued Hvalba was rescued by two Danish warships in the spring. The pirates, who used Hvalba as a kind of base port, had unfortunately...
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    is the only uninhabited one. The island can be seen from the villages of Hvalba and Sandvík. The name means "Little Dímun", in contrast to Stóra Dímun,...
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    (hvalvàgir). These include: Bøur, Fámjin, Fuglafjørður, Funningsfjørður, Húsavík, Hvalba (three sites), Hvalvík, Hvannasund, Klaksvík (in both bays), Kollafjørður...
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    Dead Atlantic white-sided dolphins in Hvalba on the Faroe Islands, killed in a drive hunt....
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  • The Hvalbiartunnilin (Hvalba Tunnel) is the name applied to two tunnels on the island of Suðuroy, the most southerly of the Faroe Islands. The original...
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    An Atlantic white-sided dolphin caught in a drive hunt in Hvalba on the Faroe Islands being taken away with a forklift....
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    has media related to Sandvík. Visitsuduroy.fo Landsverk.fo Hvalba.fo - The Municipality of Hvalba Flickr.com Photos from Sandvík and Ásmundarstakkur....
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    the binoculars. Shortly after the Park of Trongisvágur is the tunnel to Hvalba, the Hvalbiartunnilin, which was the first road tunnel in the Faroe Islands...
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    Atlantic white-sided dolphin caught in a drive hunt in Hvalba on the Faroe Islands being taken away with a forklift...
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  • itself. Landsverk constructed a new Hvalbiartunnil between Trongisvágur and Hvalba. This tunnel replaced the old tunnel from 1963. The old Hvalbiartunnilin...
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    coast of Suðuroy, west of the village Hvalba. Hvalbiareiði has been an important harbour for Hvalba in Suðuroy. Hvalba is located on an isthmus in the northern...
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  • available 1944 No tournament 1945 KÍ Klaksvík II Not available 1946 Royn Hvalba 1947 B36 Tórshavn II 1948 TB Tvøroyri 1949 KÍ Klaksvík II 1950 B36 Tórshavn...
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    Killed pilot whales in Hvalba, Faroe Islands...
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    Atlantic white-sided dolphin caught in a drive hunt in Hvalba on the Faroe Islands being taken away with a forklift...
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    carrying brown rats, drifted northwards until it reached the village of Hvalba. Dispersion afterwards appears to have been fast, including all of Suðuroy...
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  • Faroese teacher and a politician for the Union Party. Skaalum was born in Hvalba, the son of the teacher and politician Óli Niklái Skaalum and Elsebeth Helena...
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  • clubs of the island Suðuroy, which are TB Tvøroyri, FC Suðuroy and Royn Hvalba would merge into a new club for the 2017 season. The merger will not be...
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    Killed pilot whales on the beach in Hvalba, Faroe Islands...
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  • (second incarnation; established in 2012) FC Suðuroy HB ÍF KÍ MB NSÍ Royn Hvalba Skála ÍF TB Undrið FF 07 Vestur Víkingur Gøta This is the list of clubs...
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  • Dungasandi Sørvágur 07 Vestur & SÍ Sørvágur's youth teams 1,400 Á Skørinum Hvalba Royn Hvalba 2,000 Sevmýri Stadium Tvøroyri none; previously TB Tvøroyri 2,000...
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  • Miðvágur, Sørvágur, Toftir, Saltangará, Kollafjørður, Strendur, Sandavágur, Hvalba, Eiði, Sandur, and more locations in the Faroe Islands November Royal Natal...
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    Czech Republic Zlatý vrch, Česká Kamenice, Czech Republic Froðba, Hov Hvalba and Trongisvágur, Suðuroy Thueyts, Jaujac and Fabras, Ardèche Saint-Flour...
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    m | ft Connects Island Comments Gamli Hvalbiartunnilin 1963 1,450 4,760 Hvalba and Trongisvágur Suðuroy Closed for general traffic except for in special...
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    Greenland each year. Pilot whale hunt in Vágur, Suðuroy in August 2012 Beach of Hvalba during a Grindadráp, Faroe Islands, the sea has turned red with blood In...
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    Hvalba, Faroe Islands in August 2006...
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    statistics indicate that the most frequent beachings are in the villages of Hvalba and Sandvík on Suðuroy. The northern bottlenose whale is listed under Canada's...
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    Landsins meets all arrivals and departures with buses to Vágur, Tvøroyri and Hvalba, while dial-a-ride services link the ferry to/from other villages, including...
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    that other villages on Suðuroy share the ending "ba" or "Bæ", "Bø" such as Hvalba and Sumba. The old church in Froðba housed a rune stone which was taken...
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