- Árnafjørður
Árnafjørður is a town of the municipality of
Klaksvíkar , on the island ofBorðoy , in theFaroe Islands . Location: coord|62|15|21|N|6|32|3|W|Árnafjørður as a population of 59 . Its postal code is "FO 727".
*Árnafjørður is located at the bottom of a deep inlet, named (H)Árnfjarðarvík, "corner fjord's bay", on the east side of Borðoy. In
1875 , an abandoned Norwegian vessel loaded with large amounts of timber drifted ashore at Árnafjørður. The timber was sold at an auction and, because of the sudden surplus, the price for timber decreased significantly. Timber has always been expensive in the Faroes as, other thandriftwood , it usually has to be imported.ee also
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