Søndervig

Søndervig is a beach town and tourist destination on the west coast of Jutland, in the Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality in Denmark.

Søndervig is the surfacing point for early undersea telecommunications cables from Newbiggin in Northumberland, England that were originally laid by the Great Northern Telegraph Company of Copenhagen.^[1]

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↑ Joseph Wagstaff Blundell (1871). The manual of submarine telegraph companies. London. p. 30.

Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality

Towns & villages (by size)	Ringkøbing Skjern Videbæk Tarm Hvide Sande Lem Spjald Vorgod-Barde Tim Borris Søndervig

Localities	Bjerregård

Landmarks	Abeline's House Bundsbæk Watermill Brejninggaard Hotel Ringkøbing Ringkøbing Bank Ringkøbing Landbobank

Geography & nature	Holmlands Klit Ringkøbing Fjord Skjern River Skjern Å National Park Vest Stadil Fjord

Transport	Ringkøbing station

Coordinates: 56°07′09″N 8°06′59″E / 56.1192°N 8.1164°E / 56.1192; 8.1164

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