Sandoy

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Sandoy
Basic Facts
Area 125 km²
Population 1,494 (2001)
Location 61°51′N, 6°47′W
Map of Sandoy
Map of Sandoy

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.

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

See also:List of islands of the Faroe Islands

Sandur on the Island of Sandoy - view from the bay Sandsvágur in the Southeast
Sandur on the Island of Sandoy - view from the bay Sandsvágur in the Southeast

[edit] 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.
Skarvanes
Skarvanes

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