Kunoy

Kunoy
Kunoy
Island
	Village of Kunoy
	Location within the Faroe Islands
	Coordinates: 62°18′N6°39′W / 62.300°N 6.650°W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Municipality seat	Kunoy
Area
• Total	35.5 km2 (13.7 sq mi)
• Rank	8
Highest elevation	830 m (2,720 ft)
Population (2020)
• Total	156
• Rank	11
• Density	4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
Calling code	298

Last updated January 17, 2025 • 2 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Kunoy (Faroese pronunciation: [ˈkuːnɪ] , lit. 'Woman island') is an island located in the north-east of the Faroe Islands between Kalsoy to the west (with which there is no physical link) and Borðoy to the east (to which it is linked via a causeway).

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.

Geography

Important Bird Area

The coastline of the northern tip of the island has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because of its significance as a breeding site for seabirds, especially European storm petrels (250 pairs) and black guillemots (200 pairs).^[2]

The brown rat, was introduced on purpose by people from Klaksvík, to the island in 1914 over some slight,^[3] and it has done tremendous damage to the bird population since then, most notably the Atlantic puffin.

Mountains

The island has the following eleven mountains, shown with their overall rank in the Faroe Islands:^[4] The top of Klubbin is well known for its vegetation, as it is one of the few areas where there never have been grazing sheep.

Rank	Name	Height
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

Notable people

Símun av Skarði (1872–1942), the Faroese poet, politician and teacher and founder of the Faroese Folk High School (Føroya Fólkaháskúli) was born in Skarð, which was a small settlement on Kunoy, which was abandoned in 1919. He wrote the Faroese National Anthem, Mítt alfagra land .

Related Research Articles

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Ánir, also Ánirnar is a village in the Faroe Islands on the northern island of Borðoy. In 2007 it had a population of 16, but with the expansion of the area with the new apartments above the old settlement the population has increased to 55 in 2013.

Haraldssund is a settlement in the Faroe Islands, situated on the island of Kunoy.

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Kalsoy is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands of Denmark between Eysturoy and Kunoy. The name means man island; by contrast with the parallel island to the east, Kunoy, the name of which means woman island.

Svínoy is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands, to the east of Borðoy and Viðoy. It takes its name from Old Norse, Svíney, meaning "Swine Isle". Svinoy also refers to a section of the ocean where North Atlantic water flows into the Norwegian Sea. There is a similarly named island, Swona, in the Orkney Islands.

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Viðoy is the northernmost 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.

Borðoy is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands. Its name means 'headland island'. There are eight settlements: Klaksvík, Norðoyri, Ánir, Árnafjørður, Strond, Norðtoftir, Depil and Norðdepil.

Streymoy is the largest and most populated island of the Faroe Islands. The capital, Tórshavn, is located on its southeast coast. The name means "island of currents". It also refers to the largest region of the country that also includes the islands of Hestur, Koltur and Nólsoy.

Eysturoy is a region and the second-largest of the Faroe Islands, both in size and population.

Strond is a former village in the north of the town of Klaksvík on the sound of Haraldssund in the Faroe Islands.

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Viðareiði is the northernmost settlement in the Faroe Islands and lies on the Island of Viðoy, which belongs to the Norðoyar Region.

Norðdepil is a town on the east coast of the island of Borðoy in the Norðoyar Region of the Faroe Islands.

Skarð is an abandoned village on the east coast of the island of Kunoy in the Norðoyar region of the Faroes. Skarð means mountain pass.

The fauna of the Faroe Islands is characterized by the remote location of the islands in the North Atlantic Ocean. There are few terrestrial species, but an abundance of breeding seabirds and marine animals. Some subspecies and breeds are endemic. All land mammals were introduced by humans.

Norðtoftir is a small settlement on the Faroese island of Borðoy in the Hvannasund municipality. The 2023 population was 3. Its postal code is FO 736.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anna Suffía Rasmussen</span> Faroese educator

Anna Suffía Rasmussen, was a Faroese educator.

The Faroe Islands consist of 18 islands, several of which are deeply incised by fjords.

References

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↑ BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kunoy. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-02-23.
↑ av Skarði, Jóhannes (1 January 1956). "Føroyski Leypurin". Fróðskaparrit 1956.
↑ List of mountains of the Faroe Islands

External links

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[2] BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Kunoy. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-02-23.

[3] v Skarði, Jóhannes (1 January 1956). "Føroyski Leypurin". Fróðskaparrit 1956.

[Mountains-4] List of mountains of the Faroe Islands

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