Skælingur
Village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark
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Skælingur is a village on the west of the main Faroese island of Streymoy in the Kvívík Municipality.
Skælingur | |
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Village | |
View to Skælingur and Koltur | |
  Skælingur Location in the Faroe Islands | |
| Coordinates: 62°5′45″N 7°0′24″W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Faroe Islands |
| Island | Streymoy |
| Municipality | Kvívík Municipality |
| Population (1 June 2010) | |
• Total | 13 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
| Postal code | FO 336 |
| Climate | Cfc |
The 2010 population was 13. Its postal code is FO 336. It is by the mountain Skælingsfjall, one of the tallest mountains in the archipelago with a height of 767 metres.[1]
The nearby Skælingsfjall mountain used to be called Skælingur. The "skæli" prefix comes from the Faroese noun skáli (house). The mountain is said to resemble the shape of a house.[2]
Photo gallery
A stone-arch bridge in Skælingur.
The same bridge on a Faroese stamp with art work by William Heinesen, showing the stone bridge over Breiðá just north of Skælingur.
