List of islands of the Faroe Islands
Appearance
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Geography | |
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Location | Norwegian Sea, Atlantic Ocean |
Coordinates | 62°00′N 06°47′W / 62.000°N 6.783°W |
Archipelago | Faroe Islands |
Administration | |
Faroe Islands | |
Demographics | |
Population | 48451 |
This is a list of islands of the Faroe Islands. There are 18 islands, of which Lítla Dímun is the only one uninhabited. Besides these 18 islands there are also several islets and skerries in the Faroes.
Name | Area [km²][1] | Population | Population density [inh./km²] | Main settlements | Sýsla (District) |
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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 (village) | 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 | 14 | 1.4 | Mykines | Vágar |
Skúvoy | 10.0 | 36 | 3.2 | Skúvoy | Sandoy |
Hestur | 6.1 | 25 | 4.1 | Hestur | Streymoy |
Stóra Dímun | 2.7 | 8 | 3.0 | Dímun | Sandoy |
Koltur | 2.5 | 1 | 0.4 | Koltur | Streymoy |
Lítla Dímun | 0.8 | 0 | - | – | Suðuroy |
Total | 1,396 | 48,351 | Ø 34.6 |
See also
References
- ^ Statistics Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands in figures 2012, Argir 2012, ISSN 1603-8479, S. 7 (PDF)