Kunoy
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| Kunoy | |
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| Basic Facts | |
| Municipality seat |
Kunoyar kommuna |
| Area | 35.5 km² (rank 8) |
| Population - Density |
134 (rank 11) (2002) 3.8 persons/km² |
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Kunoy (meaning Woman island) is an island located in the north-east of the Faroe Islands between Kalsoy and Borðoy (to which it is linked via a causeway).
- Number of summits: 11
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[edit] Settlements and transport
There are two settlements on Kunoy: Kunoy (population 64), on the west coast and Haraldssund on the south-east coast. These have been connected by a tunnel since 1988. Haraldssund is connected by a causeway to the neighbouring island of Borðoy to the east of Kunoy. Before the causeway was built, travel to the island was by ferry. Nowadays the 504 bus runs a regular service across the causeway, with a route from Klaksvík through Ánir then across to Haraldssund and through the tunnel to Kunoy.[1]
A third settlement, Skarð, was the site of a fishing accident on Christmas Eve, 1913 which killed seven men (all the male population except a 14 year old and a 70 year old). The women decided to move to Haraldssund, and the area is now deserted.
[edit] People
- Símun av Skarði (1872-1942), Faroese poet, politician and teacher and founder of the Faroese Folk High School (Føroya Fólkaháskúli) was born in Skarð. He wrote the Faroese National Anthem, Mítt alfagra land.
[edit] Mountains
The island has the following eleven mountains, shown with their overall rank in the Faroe Islands:[2]
| Rank | Name | Height |
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| 4 | Kúvingafjall | 830m |
| 5 | Teigafjall | 825m |
| 6 | Kunoyarnakkur | 819m |
| 7 | Havnartindur | 818m |
| 8 | Urðafjall | 817m |
| 9 | Middagsfjall | 805m |
| 18 | Galvsskorafjall | 768m |
| 42 | Suður á Nakki | 703m |
| 73 | Klubbin | 644m |
| 198 | Lítlafjall | 471m |
| 219 | Klettur | 444m |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Kunoy details and description
- personal website with 6 aerial photos of Kunoy
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