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SkÚvoyar Municipality, Sandoy Region, Faroe Islandsi
Regional Level Types
SkÚvoyar MunicipalityMunicipality
Sandoy RegionRegion
Faroe IslandsAutonomous Territory

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Mindat Locality ID:
476124
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:476124:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
Faroese:
SkÚvoyar kommuna, Sandoyar sÃ―sla, FÃļroyar
French:
commune de SkÚvoy, Sandoy, Îles FÃĐroÃĐ
German:
Kommune SkÚvoy, Sandoy, FÃĪrÃķer
Italian:
SkÚvoy, Sandoy, FÃĶr Øer
Simplified Chinese:
æ–Ŋåš“æēƒäžŠåļ‚镇, æĄ‘åē›, æģ•į―—įūĪåē›
Danish:
SkÚvoy Kommune, Sandoy, FÃĶrÃļerne
Dutch:
SkÚvoyar kommuna, Sandoy, FaerÃķer
Hungarian:
SkÚvoy kÃķzsÃĐg, Sandoy, FerÃķer
Northern Sami:
SkÚvoyar kommuna, Fearsullot
Norwegian:
SkÚvoyar kommuna, Sandoy, FÃĶrÃļyene
Polish:
SkÚvoyar kommuna, Sandoy, Wyspy Owcze
Swedish:
SkÚvoys kommun, Sandoy, FÃĪrÃķarna


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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Pinguinus impennis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Charadriiformes : Alcidae : Pinguinus : Pinguinus impennis0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
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Wikidata ID:Q748171

Localities in this Region


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