Funningsfjørður

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Funningsfjørður
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Skyline of Funningsfjørður
Funningsfjørður (Denmark Faroe Islands)
Funningsfjørður
Funningsfjørður
Location within the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°14′17″N 6°55′44″W / 62.23806, -6.92889
Country Flag of Denmark Denmark
Autonomous Province Flag of the Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
Municipality Elduvikar
Founded 1812
Population[citation needed]
 - Total 68
ZIP code FO 477

Funningsfjørður is a village located at the end of a fjord of the same name ('Fjørður' is the Faroese word for 'fjord'). It was founded in 1812, with Elduvikar as its municipality.

There was a whaling station in Funningsfjørður from 1902 to 1913.

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