Gøtueiði
Village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gøtueiði (Danish: Gøteejde) a town in the Faroe Islands, located deep in the Skalafjordur-inlet on Eysturoy, founded in 1850.
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Gøtueiði | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 62°10′30″N 6°46′19″W | |
State | Kingdom of Denmark |
Constituent country | Faroe Islands |
Island | Eysturoy |
Municipality | Eystur |
Founded | 1850 |
Population | |
• Total | 39 |
Time zone | GMT |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
Postal code | FO 666 |
Climate | Cfc |
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The village has now grown towards its neighbour-village Skipanes. During the 1980s there were religious tent-meetings in Gøtueiði.
Gotueidi consists of the villages/settlements Norðragøta (Northern Gøta), Syðrugøta (Southern Gøta), Gøtugjógv (Gøta's cleft) and Gøtueiði (Gøta's isthmus). They form part of the Eystur municipality.