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    Lopra (Danish: Lobra) is a village on the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands, with the postal code FO 926. In 2024 its population was 75. It is located...
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    near the village Lopra. Kirvi is 236m high and its shape resembles that of a pyramid. The mountain is visible from the villages Lopra. The top of the mountain...
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    the highest sea cliff in Suðuroy. It is located between the villages of Lopra and Sumba. Beinisvørð has vertical cliffs facing the sea and a green slope...
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    people live in Sumba. The other villages in the Municipality of Sumba are: Lopra (76 inhabitants), Akrar (12 inhabitants), and formerly Víkarbyrgi (0 inhabitants)...
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  • stations were established in the Faroes. These were located in Selvík, Lopra (Suðuroy), Gjánoyri, Norðdepil, Funningsfjørður, Signabøur and Við Áir....
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    Trongisvágur, Øravík, Fámjin, Hov, Porkeri, Nes, Vágur, Fámara, Akrar, Lopra and Sumba. Suðuroy is also the only island of the Faroes which has coalmines...
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    and Lopra. One can also see the promontory sea cliff Beinisvørð, which rises 470 metres above the sea; the top of it rises above the village of Lopra. List...
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    On the southern side of Vágsfjørður is Lopransfjørður, where the village Lopra is located along with a small bay called Ónavík. Less than one kilometer...
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    located above the present sea level. A 3.5-kilometre (2.2 mi) deep well in Lopra, Suðuroy, has revealed details of the lower strata. Faroese Faculty of Science...
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    Radioisotopes Dept of ICI R&D (later to become Tracerco) USA Urbana, IL LOPRA Univ. Illinois TRIGA Decommissioned 10 1971-12-28 San Ramon, CA ARRR TRIGA...
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    included Gjánoyri on Streymoy (est. 1894), Norðdepil on Borðoy (1898–1920), Lopra on Suðuroy (1901–1953), Funningsfjørður on Eysturoy (est. 1901), and Við...
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    icing and wind gusts in winter. Sumbiartunnilin 1997 3,240 10,630 Sumba and Lopra Suðuroy Replaces a mountain pass that now is a touristic route. Vágatunnilin...
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    Eysturoy 62°16′6″N 7°3′1″W / 62.26833°N 7.05028°W / 62.26833; -7.05028 Lopra 95 FO 926 Sumbiar Suðuroy 61°26′40″N 6°46′8″W / 61.44444°N 6.76889°W...
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    fish factory Suðurfisk was built and opened. In 1977 Jákup Joensen from Lopra (born in Sumba) and others arranged to build a modern and large fish factory...
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    Sumbiarhólmur (7,0 sq hm), at Sumba Suðuroy Lopranshólmur (3,4 sq hm), at Lopra Suðuroy Kirkjubøhólmur (2,0 sq hm), at Kirkjubøur Streymoy Hovshólmur (1...
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    Hellurnar (c. 1850), Hvítanes (c. 1830), Langasandur (1839), Ljósá (1840), Lopra (1834), Morskranes (c. 1830), Nesvík, Norðdepil (1866), Oyrarbakki (1924)...
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    point there were only two whaling stations left in the country, Við Áir and Lopra. By this time whale stocks in the North Atlantic had diminished and results...
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    Krambatangi (ferjulegan, ferry port) – Øravík – Hov – Porkeri – Vágur – Lopra – Sumba line 701: Sandvík – Hvalba – Trongisvágur - Tvøroyri - Krambatangi...
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    then some of the strongest of the men climbed up the hill to get help. Lopra was not a village at that time. The nearest populated places were Vágur...
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    later named Hotel Borg, when shipowner Jákup Joensen (also called Jákup í Lopra) bought the hotel. The distinct building, a flat construction with a traditional...
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  • 8 2.3 Leirvík 125 22.4 110 19.7 120 21.5 19 3.4 110 19.7 37 6.6 37 6.6 Lopra 21 29.6 7 9.9 19 26.8 0 0.0 15 21.1 1 1.4 8 11.3 Mikladalur 11 34.4 0 0...
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    teacher in 1917. He was teaching from 1919–27 in Froðba and again 1947–49 in Lopra; both villages are on Suðuroy. After teaching for eight years he decided...
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