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Skeiðin

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Skeiðin

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Skeiðin is a mountain above the village of Sørvágur in the Faroe Islands. It lies between the village itself and the bay of Selvík. On the top of the mountain is a radio transmitter. It is also a location of automatic weather station that provides wind information for aircraft approaching Vágar Airport. Geoportal kortal.fo refers to the mountain as Skeið.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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