Sandoy

Island of the Faroe Islands
name = Sandoy

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location = coord|61|51|N|6|47|W||

Sandoy is a small island that is part of the Faroe Islands. The largest population center on the island is the village of Sandur.

Other settlements include Skarvanes, Skopun, Skálavík, Húsavík and Dalur.

There are similarly named islands, Sanday in the Orkney Islands, Sanday in the Inner Hebrides and Sandøy in Norway.

"See also:List of islands of the Faroe Islands"

Further reading

* Jørgensen, Gunni, and Jóannes Rasmussen. "Glacial Striae, Roches Moutonnées, and Ice Movements on Sandoy (Faeroe Islands)". Communications géologiques, no 314. [Copenhagen, Denmark] : Muséum de minéralogie et de géologie de l'Université de Copenhague, 1978.
* Lawson, Ian, et al. 2005. "Historical Ecology on Sandoy, Faroe Islands: Palaeoenvironmental and Archaeological Perspectives". "Human Ecology". 33, no. 5: 651-684.

External links

* [http://heima.olivant.fo/%7Eanfinn/sandoy.htm Personal website] with 9 aerial photos of Sandoy