Viðoy

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Viðoy
Basic Facts
Municipality seat	Viðareiði
Area	41 km² (rank 7)
Population -  Density	617 (rank 7) (2002) 15 persons/km²
Location	62°20′N, 6°31′W

Viðoy is the northern-most island in the Faroe Islands, located east of Borðoy to which it is linked via a causeway. The name means wood island, despite the fact that no trees grow on the island: the name relates to the driftwood that floats in from Siberia and North America.

• Number of summits: 11

Contents 1 Geography 2 Mountains 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Geography

The island has two settlements: Hvannasund on the south-west coast and Viðareiði on the north-west coast, the northernmost settlement in the Faroes. A road along the west coast of the island connects the two. The island is connected by a road causeway to Norðdepil on Borðoy and a bus service from Klaksvík runs across the causeway to the island.^[1]

Viðoy has eleven mountains of which Villingadalsfjall is the northern-most peak in the Faroes. The north coast also has the Enniberg cliff, which at 750 m is the highest sea-cliff in Europe.

[edit] Mountains

The island has eleven mountains, shown with their overall rank in the Faroe Islands:^[2]

Rank	Name	Height
3	Villingadalsfjall	841m
24	Nakkurin (norðari)	754m
29	Malinsfjall	750m
52	Filthatturin	688m
53	Oyggjarskoratindur	687m
67	Enni	651m
84	Sneis	634m
116	Tunnafjall	593m
147	Talvborð	557m
174	Mølin	511m
192	Nakkurin	481m

[edit] References

1. ^ Swaney [February 1991] (1999). Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet Publications. ISBN 0864424531. 
2. ^ List of mountains of the Faroe Islands

[edit] External links

• Personal website with 6 aerial photos of Viðoy

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