Árnafjørður Explained

Official Name:Árnafjørður
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Faroe Islands
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the village in the Faroe Islands
Subdivision Type:State
Subdivision Type1:Constituent country
Subdivision Name1: Faroe Islands
Subdivision Type2:Island
Subdivision Name2:Borðoy
Subdivision Type3:Municipality
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:1 March 2024
Population Total:65
Timezone1:GMT
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:EST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+1
Coordinates:62.2558°N -6.5342°W
Blank Name:Climate
Blank Info: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]

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  1. Web site: Árnafjørður / Faroe Islands / faroeislands.dk. 2021-01-09. www.faroeislands.dk.