Traveling Luck for Saksun Faroe Islands (general), Faroe Islands

Alternatively known as Saken, Saksen, Saxen

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mountain an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.

• Gírufelli (1.8km)
• Melin (2km)
• Borgin (2.2km)
• Koppenni (2.7km)
• Høvdin (2.7km)
• Heyggjurin Mikli (3.9km)
• Húgvan (4km)
• Ørvisfelli (4km)
• Pætursfjall (4.3km)
• Snubbin (4.8km)

valley an elongated depression usually traversed by a stream.

• Mýrin (2.2km)
• Skoradalur (3.4km)
• Heljardalur (3.9km)
• Skúgvaflati (4km)
• Grunndalshálsur (4km)

point a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.

• Funstangi (3.4km)
• Hálsurin Beiski (3.4km)
• Nakkasetur (3.4km)
• Hestur (4.8km)
• Nakkur (4.8km)

stream a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.

• Gellingará (0.9km)
• Dalsá (2.2km)
• Svínaskoraá (3.4km)
• Brekká (4km)

Accommodation around Saksun

Hotel Føroyar Oyggjarvegur 45, Torshavn

Hotel TĂłrshavn Torsgota 4, Torshavn

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Kellingin (3.4km)
• Saksunardrangur (3.4km)
• Saksunarstakkur (4.8km)
• Heygadrangur (4.8km)

pond a small standing waterbody.

• Saksunarvatn (2.2km)
• Víkarvatn (3.7km)
• Gásavatn (4km)

pass a break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap].

• Tjørnuvíksskarð (0km)
• Víkarskarð (0.9km)
• Hugvudalsskarð (2.2km)

headland a high projection of land extending into a large body of water beyond the line of the coast.

• Heidnatorva (4.1km)
• Lambastakkur (4.8km)
• Kambsmúli (4.8km)

third-order administrative division a subdivision of a second-order administrative division.

• Fuglafjørður (2.2km)
• Oyndarfjørður (2.7km)
• Elduvík (4.6km)

peak a pointed elevation atop a mountain, ridge, or other hypsographic feature.

• Víkartindur (0.9km)
• Nónið (2.2km)
• Malaknúkur (4.3km)

cirque a bowl-like hollow partially surrounded by cliffs or steep slopes at the head of a glaciated valley.

• Vatndalur (2km)
• Tjørnudalur (4.8km)

hill a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

• Vatnfelli (2.7km)
• Fjallið (4.1km)

populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.

• Saksun (0km)
• Tjørnuvík (4.3km)

cleft(s) a deep narrow slot, notch, or groove in a coastal cliff.

• Grótdalsgjógv (2.7km)
• Ostagjógv (2.7km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• Góðmansskoradrangur (3.4km)
• Snoppan (3.7km)

narrows a navigable narrow part of a bay, strait, river, etc..

• Ósin (1.8km)

ravine(s) a small, narrow, deep, steep-sided stream channel, smaller than a gorge.

• Vatnsliðargjógv (2.7km)

lagoon a shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature.

• Pollur (0.9km)

cave(s) an underground passageway or chamber, or cavity on the side of a cliff.

• Holið (2.7km)

ridge(s) a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest.

• Langafjall (3.4km)

bay a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

• Sakshøvn (2.7km)

spur(s) a subordinate ridge projecting outward from a hill, mountain or other elevation.

• Manssetur (2.2km)

cliff(s) a high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area.

• Magnusarrók (3.4km)

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