Selvík is a small bay on the southside of
Sørvágsfjørður. It is about one kilometer to the west of the village
Sørvágur :''There is also a town called Vágur on Suðuroy.''
Sørvágur ( da, Sørvåg) is a village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands.
It is located at the landward end of Sørvágsfjørður. Sørvágur is the largest village in Sørvágur ...
in the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic archipelago, island group and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotlan ...
.
In 1901 the owners of the whaling station in
Norðdepli, decided to build a new station in Selvík. During the spring of 1902 the Norwegian cargo ship "Viking", and the whaling boat Norddeble came with equipment and material and already in June 1902 whaling activity started from the station.
The station got a brand new whaling boat with the name Selvik in 1904.
The station closed down already in 1912.
Between 1894 and 1905 seven whaling stations were established in the Faroes. These were located in Selvík,
Lopra (
Suðuroy
Suðuroy (literally South Island, da, Suderø) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres (63.2 sq mi). In 2018 the population was 4,601. Suðuroy region (sýsla) comprises this island and Lítla ...
),
Gjánoyri,
Norðdepil,
Funningsfjørður,
Signabøur and
Við Áir.
MMR.Sansir.net, The Whaling Station við Áir, May 2007, Provisional report on the conservation of the whaling station as a maritime museum, page 6: The Whaling Station við Áir
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References
Whaling stations of the Faroe Islands
Whaling in the Faroe Islands
Bays of the Faroe Islands
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