Saksun is a village near the northwest coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy, in Sunda Municipality. Saksun lies in the bottom of what used to be an...
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John L. Saksun (May 3, 1922 - November 1, 2016) was a Canadian-Czechoslovakian tool and die maker and precision machinist. He was born in Zalobin, Czechoslovakia...
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and the Irisish, such as Paparøkur near Vestmanna and Papurshílsur near Saksun. Vestmanna is itself short for Vestmannahøvn ("harbour of the Westmen")...
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in the west, Kollafjørður at the centre and the picturesque villages of Saksun and Tjørnuvík in the north. From a historic point of view the village of...
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Hvalvík Streymnes Haldórsvík Oyri Oyrarbakki Tjørnuvík Gjógv Langasandur Saksun Nesvík The municipality is centrally located in the country, situated in...
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in earlier versions of Hammershaimb's orthography, such as ⟨Saxun⟩ for Saksun. While the Faroese keyboard layout allows one to write in Latin, English...
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Islands. Among these are Paparøkur near Vestmanna, and Papurshílsur near Saksun. Vestmanna, in fact, is short for Vestmannahøvn, meaning the "harbour of...
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helps to stop the ball on the putting greens. The USGA utilized John L. Saksun, founder of Canadian golf company Accuform Golf, as a consultant to set...
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churches. The Church is built with wood bought from a ship that ran aground in Saksun in 1828. The architecture is typically Faroese, with no stone foundations...
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Eysturoy 62°6′34″N 6°43′9″W / 62.10944°N 6.71917°W / 62.10944; -6.71917 Saksun 33 FO 436 Sunda Streymoy 62°14′56″N 7°10′33″W / 62.24889°N 7.17583°W...
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