Haraldssund (Danish: Haraldsund) is a settlement in the Faroe Islands, situated on the island of Kunoy.
Haraldssund | |
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Village | |
 Haraldssund | |
  Haraldssund Location in the Faroe Islands | |
| Coordinates: 62°16′20″N 6°36′7″W / 62.27222°N 6.60194°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Faroe Islands |
| Island | Kunoy |
| Municipality | Kunoyar |
| Population (1 November 2020) | |
• Total | 69 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
| Postal code | FO 785 |
| Climate | Cfc |
Haraldssund is located on the east coast of Kunoy and is connected to the village of Kunoy on the west coast by a tunnel. To the east, it is linked to the town of Klaksvík on Borðoy by a causeway. The tunnel and the causeway were built in the late 1980s.
Two kilometers south of the village is a small ruin.
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