Islands of the Faroe Islands - Eysturoy, Fugloy, Islets of the Faroe Islands, Kunoy, Sandoy, Suouroy, Uninhabited Islands of the Faroe Islands (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Eysturoy, Fugloy, Islets of the Faroe Islands, Kunoy, Sandoy, Suouroy, Uninhabited islands of the Faroe Islands, Vagar, Hvalba, Sorvagur, Heoin Bru, Famjin, Mykines, Sandur, Faroe Islands, Sandvik, Sandavagur, Sumba, Faroe Islands, Kalsoy, Miovagur, Vagar Airport, Streymoy, Tvoroyri, Litla Dimun, Akraberg, Nolsoy, Skopun, Oravik, Porkeri, Hov, Faroe Islands, Beinisvoro, Viooy, Hestur, Stora Dimun, Gasadalur, Svinoy, Kunoy, Kunoy, Borooy, Vags Kapproorarfelag, Skuvoy, Hvalbiareioi, Bour, Sorvagsvatn, Koltur, Frooba, List of islands of the Faroe Islands, Munkurin, Trongisvagsfjorour, Trongisvagur, Tindholmur, Lopra, Eggjarnar, Islets and skerries in the Faroes, Kirkjuvatn, Slaettanes, Borgarknappur, Sumbiarholmur, Sorvagsfjorour, Krambatangi, Floksmen, Sandsvatn, Fjallavatn, Kirvi, Vikar, Faroe Islands, Norooyar, Gjogvarafjall, Skarvanes, Ytri Dalur, Innari Dalur, Arnafjall, Heimari Dalur, Gasholmur, Kambur, Drangarnir, Gluggarnir, Skerholmur. Excerpt: Suouroy (literally South Island, Danish: ) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 km . In 2010 there were 4763 inhabitants, but there has been a gradual decline in the population numbers ever since the 1950s. These are the settlements of Suouroy (listed from north to south): Sandvik (re-established as a settlement in the early 19th century) Hvalba, Frooba, Tvoroyri, Trongisvagur, Oravik, Famjin, Hov, Porkeri, Vagur, Famara (re-established in 2010), Akrar, Lopra and Sumba. One ancient settlement Vikarbyrgi was abandoned late in the 1990s. Another settlement Akraberg was abandoned around 1350 because of the black death, the people who lived there at that time came from Friesland, and legend has it that people in Horg (in Sumba) can trace their ancestry back to this settlement, which was situated on the southernmost point of the island. Two more s..