Viðarlundin í Mikladali

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General view with a view of the 606 m high Gásafjall.
View from the interior of the island over the forest to the coast

Viðarlundin í Mikladali is a forest not far from the village of Mikladalur on the Faroese island of Kalsoy . It consists mainly of ash , birch and spruce and is located around 1 km southwest of the town at the foot of the 606 m high mountain Gásafjall. The Faroese word viðarlund literally means "wood" and describes a park or forest in the Faroe Islands , of which only 0.06% is forested.

The property on which the Viðarlundin í Mikladali extends was given to the municipality of Mikladalur for the purpose of creating a forest on September 15, 1953 by donation. In the same year the first trees were planted. Today the Viðarlundin í Mikladali wood on the Corridor 72 property covers an area of ​​15,000 m². The forest, in the middle of which the ruins of a building made of rubble stones can be seen, is located at a height of 110-130 m. ü. d. M., with the tree line on the Faroe Islands at about 200 m. ü. d. M. lies. It consists mainly of pines of the species Pinus contorta and Pinus mugo , sitka spruces ( Picea sitchensis ) and Japanese larches ( Larix kaempferi ).

With their cool, humid climate, the Faroe Islands are poorly suited for trees to thrive, because the topsoil is relatively thin and tree roots offer little support. It is not uncommon for strong winds to blow, which can uproot trees, and it happens that the trees fall out in a mild January or February and are surprised in spring by suddenly falling frost. The Viðarlundin í Mikladali is one of the attractions of the island Kalsoy because here shows that in the Faroe Islands may well exist a forest or a park. Like all forests and parks in the Faroe Islands outside the capital Tórshavn , Viðarlundin í Mikladali is also fenced in to protect the trees from foraging sheep.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Højgaard, Andrias: Træplanting í í Føroyum eina Old 47. Tórshavn 1989th
  2. ↑ Højgaard, Andrias: Træplanting í í Føroyum eina Old 44. Tórshavn 1989th
  3. ↑ http://www.dendrologi.dk/FaroeSkovKalsoy.htm
  4. ↑ Gorsemann, Sabine: Färöer , p. 21f. Cologne 1999.

Coordinates: 62 ° 18 ′ 2 "  N , 6 ° 44 ′ 58"  W.