Árnafjørður

Árnafjørður
Village
Árnafjørður bay
Árnafjørður Location of the village in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°15′21″N 6°32′3″W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Borðoy
Municipality	Klaksvík
Population  (1 March 2024)
• Total	65
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Climate	Cfc

Árnafjørður (Danish: Arnefjord) is a town of the municipality of Klaksvík, on the island of Borðoy, in the Faroe Islands.

Árnafjørður is located at the bottom of a deep inlet, named Árnfjarðarvík, "corner fjord's bay", on the east side of Borðoy. In 1875, an abandoned Norwegian vessel loaded with large amounts of timber drifted ashore at Árnafjørður. The timber was sold at an auction and, because of the sudden surplus, the price for timber decreased significantly. Timber has always been expensive in the Faroes as, other than driftwood, it usually has to be imported.[1]

Houses in Árnafjørður

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

References

1. "Árnafjørður / Faroe Islands / faroeislands.dk". www.faroeislands.dk. Retrieved 2021-01-09.

External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Árnafjørdur Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.