Sundini

At its narrowest point, the Sundini has not only the strongest tidal current, but since 1973 also the "only bridge over the Atlantic". The place in the foreground is Norðskáli , in the background the sun is shining on the Streymoy mountains.

The Sundini is a natural strait in the Faroe Islands . It separates the two main islands Streymoy in the west and Eysturoy in the east.

The name Sundini is the definite plural of sund ( Sund ) and means "the Sunde". The sound is exposed to an extremely strong tidal current that regularly changes direction with the tides. The tidal current gave the "Strominsel" Streymoy its name. The narrowest part of the sound is therefore also called við Streymin “by the river” or “by the current”.

The region on both banks of the sound is called the Sundalag . The Sunda kommuna , which only makes up part of the Sundalag, is not identical with this .

The Sundini begins in the south at the Kollafjørður line in the west and Morskranes in the east. The southern extension of the water is called Tangafjørður .

About in the middle of the Sundini there is a bridge that is jokingly called "the only bridge over the Atlantic". Her Faroese name is Brúgvin um Streymin , "the bridge over the river". It was opened in 1973 , is 220 m long and connects Nesvík in the west with Oyrarbakki / Norðskáli in the east. It is the only connection between the two main islands.

In the north, the sound flows into the open North Atlantic at Tjørnuvík in the west and Eiði in the east .

See also

• Djupini

Web links

• sportsfiskeri.fo: Faroe Islands - sport fishing with possibilities (something about the fishing possibilities on Sundini)

Commons : Sundini  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 62 ° 12 ′ 28 "  N , 7 ° 0 ′ 18"  W.