Hvítanes | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Faroe Islands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Faroe Islands |
Subdivision Type: | State |
Subdivision Type1: | Constituent country |
Subdivision Name1: | Faroe Islands |
Subdivision Type2: | Island |
Subdivision Name2: | Streymoy |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Tórshavn Municipality |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1837 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | August 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 99 |
Timezone Dst: | EST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 62.0467°N -6.7694°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | FO 187 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cfc |
Hvítanes (Danish: Hvidenæs) is a village in the Faroe Islands. It is on Streymoy's east coast, northeast of Hoyvík and Tórshavn. Its name means "White Point" in Faroese.
Hvítanes is located in a little bay with a stone beach and a harbour where the small boats can be pulled up a ramp out of reach of the sometimes destructive sea.
It was founded in 1837.
The Eysturoyartunnilin surfaces near Hvítanes and connects Tórshavn with the Skálafjørður on Eysturoy.