List of islands of the Faroe Islands

List of islands of the Faroe Islands

Infobox Islands
name = Islands of the Faroe Islands


image caption = Beinisvørð, Suðuroy
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native name = Føroyar
native name link = Faroese language
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location = Norwegian Sea, Atlantic Ocean
coordinates = coord|62|00|N|06|47|W|
archipelago = Faroe Islands
total islands = 18
major islands = Streymoy, Eysturoy, Vágar, Suðuroy
area = 1 399 km²
highest mount = Slættaratindur
elevation = 882 m
country = Faroe Islands
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country capital city = Tórshavn
country largest city = Tórshavn
country largest city population = 12 393
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population = 48 451
population as of = 2007
density = 36,1
ethnic groups = Faroese,
Danish
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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.

*Borðoy
*Eysturoy
*Fugloy
*Hestur
*Kalsoy
*Koltur
*Kunoy
*Lítla Dímun
*Mykines
*Nólsoy
*Sandoy
*Skúvoy
*Stóra Dímun
*Streymoy
*Suðuroy
*Svínoy
*Vágar
*Viðoy

ee also

*Geography of the Faroe Islands
*Subdivisions of the Faroe Islands


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