Vestmanna 2519346 221073778 2008-06-22T23:05:31Z 90.184.224.79 :''See also [[Vestmannaeyjar]].'' {{Infobox Settlement <!--See Template:Infobox Settlement for additional fields that may be available--> |name = {{PAGENAME}} |official_name = |other_name = |native_name = |settlement_type = Town |image_skyline = Vestmanna, Faroe Islands (9).JPG |pushpin_map = Denmark Faroe Islands |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption =Location within the Faroe Islands |pushpin_mapsize = |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{Flag|Faroe Islands}} |subdivision_type1 = |subdivision_name1 = |subdivision_type2 = Municipality Vestmanna |subdivision_name2 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = |population_footnotes= |population_total = Ca. 1,400 |latd = 62 |latm = 09 |lats = 23 |latNS = N |longd = 7 |longm = 09 |longs = 59 |longEW = W |postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]] |postal_code = 350 }} [[Image:Vestmanna on Faroe map.png|thumb|right|Vestmanna on Faroe Islands map]] '''Vestmanna''' is a town in the [[Faroe Islands]] on the west of the island of [[Streymoy]]. It was formerly a ferry port, until an undersea tunnel was built from [[Vágar]] to [[Kvívík]] and [[Stykkið]]. A 'Vestmann' was a "[[Westmen|Westman]]", or [[Gaels|Gael]] in [[Old Norse]].<br> The original name was ''Vestmannahavn'', i.e. "West-men's/Irish-men's harbour". It is surrounded by the mountains of [[Hægstafjall]] ({{convert|296|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=/}}), [[Økslin]] ({{convert|317|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=/}}), [[Loysingafjall]] ({{convert|639|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=/}}), [[Moskurfjall]] ({{convert|624|m|ft|abbr=on|disp=/}}). {{Commons}} ==See also== * [[List of towns in the Faroe Islands]] {{Municipalities of the Faroe Islands}} {{coord|62|09|23|N|7|09|59|W|display=title|region:FO_type:city(1283)_source:dewiki}} {{faroes-geo-stub}} [[cs:Vestmanna]] [[da:Vestmanna]] [[de:Vestmanna]] [[fo:Vestmanna]] [[gv:Vestmanna]] [[hu:Vestmanna]] [[is:Vestmanna]] [[it:Vestmanna]] [[nl:Vestmanna]] [[no:Vestmanna]] [[pl:Vestmanna]] [[pt:Vestmanna]] [[sv:Vestmanna]]