Norðdepil

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Norðdepil is a town on the east coast of the island of Borðoy in the Norðoyar Region of the Faroe Islands.HistoryNorðdepil was founded in 1866. Its school opened in 1895.On August 18 1941 around noon, a German Junkers Ju 88 crashed in heavy fog into the mountainside above the village.Norðdepil has been connected with the town of Hvannasund on Viðoy to the east by a causeway with a road on top since 1963. Because the two communities are located directly across from each other on opposite shores, they often act as one community. Since 1967, two single-lane tunnels have connected Norðdepil with the regional city of Klaksvík.Immediately bordering Norðdepil to its north is the abandoned settlement of Fossá, of which nothing remains. Fossá was named after some waterfalls. Further north on the east coast of Borðoy there is a road going from Norðdepil to the abandoned hamlet of Múli.Whaling StationIn 1897 the whaling station Norddeble was constructed by Andorsen & Neumann, but whaling activity didn't start until 1898. Among the first owners was Peder Michelsen, who had been an accomplished gunner on the boat Urd, with Grøn at Gjánoyri. And for the first time we see the company Chr. Salvesen & Co in the Faroes, the company which later started up the station Við Áir. The station started with one boat, Norddeble.