List of Faroese Islands and Holme

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Islands

Regions of the Faroe Islands

The 18 islands of the Faroe Islands are listed in the table according to their land area. The population figures are dated January 1, 2012.

Surname Area in km² Residents Ew./km² Main town (s) Syssel (region)
Streymoy 373.5 22,450 60.1 Tórshavn and Vestmanna Streymoy
Eysturoy 286.3 10,726 37.5 Fuglafjørður and Runavík Eysturoy
Vágar 177.6 3,064 17.3 Míðvágur and Sørvágur Vágar
Suðuroy 166.0 4,680 28.2 Tvøroyri and Vágur Suðuroy
Sandoy 112.1 1,283 11.4 Sandur Sandoy
Borðoy 95.0 4,940 52.0 Klaksvík Norðoyar
Viðoy 41.0 596 14.5 Viðareiði Norðoyar
Kunoy 35.5 129 3.6 Kunoy (place) Norðoyar
Kalsoy 30.9 94 3.0 Mikladalur and Húsar Norðoyar
Svínoy 27.4 32 1.3 Svínoy Norðoyar
Fugloy 11.0 38 3.5 Kirkja Norðoyar
Nólsoy 10.3 235 22.8 Nólsoy Streymoy
Mykines 10.3 14th 1.4 Mykines Vágar
Skúvoy 10.0 36 3.2 Skúvoy Sandoy
Hestur 6.1 25th 4.1 Hestur Streymoy
Stóra Dímun 2.7 8th 3.0 Dímun Sandoy
Koltur 2.5 1 0.4 Koltur Streymoy
Lítla Dímun 0.8 0 0.0 - Suðuroy
Together 1,396 48,351 Ø 34.6

Holme and archipelago

The 11 spars of the Faroe Islands are not among the 18 islands of the Faroe Islands due to their small size. Freestanding cliffs such as Risin and Kellingin are not part of the Holmen, but rather part of the Faroe Islands' 750 archipelago .

The two largest spars, Tindhólmur and Mykineshólmur , are also the two best known: The Tindhólmur because of its bizarre shape; and Mykineshólmur for its general accessibility for tourists to observe the Faroese bird life , which is particularly rich here. The pedestrian bridge there was originally built because of the lighthouse there.

From the Ice Age formed: the island of Vagar with the Fjord of Sørvágur in the foreground, the at the end Cliff Dranganir (horizon middle), and right next to the spar Tindhólmur . Painting by Zacharias Heinesen 2000
Surname Size in  ha location
Tindhólmur 65.0 west of Vágar
Mykineshólmur 45.0 west of Mykines
Trøllhøvdi 19.0 northwest of Sandoy
Gáshólmur 10.0 west of Tindhólmur
Tjaldavíkshólmur 7.5 East coast of Suðuroy
Sumbiarhólmur 7.0 West coast of Suðuroy
Lopranshólmur 3.4 West coast of Suðuroy
Kirkjubøhólmur 2.0 West coast of Streymoy
Hovshólmur 1.7 East coast of Suðuroy
Hoyvíkshólmur 0.8 East coast of Streymoy
Baglhólmur 0.8 east of Víkarbyrgi , Suðuroy

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Statistics Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands in figures 2012, Argir 2012, ISSN  1603-8479 , p. 7 ( PDF ( Memento of the original dated August 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ); In the publication, the numbers for Svínoy (there: 36) and Skúvoy (there: 32), which otherwise do not match the sums of the Syslur, are obviously reversed @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hagstova.fo