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Coastline, roads, place names, and summits based partly on File:Faroe map with villages, streets, straits, firths, ferry harbours and major moutains.png. But names were cross-checked from Hagstova Føroya.
The islands' endonym Føroyar, as well as its English name Faroe Islands (alt. Faeroe or the Faroes), derive from the Old Norse Færeyjar. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The second element oyar ('islands') is a holdover from Old Faroese ; sound changes have rendered the word's modern form as oyggjar .
The location of the Faroe Islands An enlargeable map of the Faroe Islands of the Kingdom of Denmark. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Faroe Islands: Faroe Islands – autonomous province of the Kingdom of Denmark comprising the Faroe archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. [1]
Detailed map of the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands generally have cool summers and cool to cold winters, with a usually overcast sky and frequent fog and strong winds. Although at a high latitude, due to the Gulf Stream their climate is ameliorated. The islands are rugged and rocky with some low peaks; the coasts are mostly bordered by cliffs.
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 .
English: Location map of the Faroe Islands Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 213 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 62.44° N; S: 61.30° N; W: 7.88° W;
File:Faroe map with villages, streets, straits, firths, ferry harbours and major moutains.png
Ólavsøka (Faroese: [ˈɔulasøːka]) is the biggest summer festival in the Faroe Islands, and by most Faroese considered as the national holiday of the Faroes along with Flag Day on 25 April. Ólavsøka is celebrated over two days, from the 28th to the 29th of July, the second of which is the day when the Faroese Parliament opens its session.