List of islands of the Faroe Islands
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| Native name: Føroyar | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Norwegian Sea, Atlantic Ocean |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Archipelago | Faroe Islands |
| Total islands | 18 |
| Major islands | Streymoy, Eysturoy, Vágar, Suðuroy |
| Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Highest elevation | 882 m (2,894 ft) |
| Highest point | Slættaratindur |
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Faroe Islands
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| Largest settlement | Tórshavn (pop. 12 393) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 48451 (as of 2007) |
| Density | 36 /km2 (93 /sq mi) |
| Ethnic groups | Faroese, Danish |
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)
