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Geography of the Faroe Islands

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geography of the Faroe Islands
Skálafjørður
thumb|300px|The Skálafjørður seen from Toftir looking north, with Toftavatn lake and [[Runavík in the foreground.]] thumb|300px|The Skálafjørður with the village of Skipanes Skálafjørður () is a fjord in Eysturoy and the longest in the Faroe Islands.
Sundini
thumb|280px|The Streymin Bridge crosses the Sundini at its narrowest point
Akraberg
Akraberg is the southern tip of Suðuroy, south from the village of Sumba, in the Faroe Islands. The name Akraberg derives from akur (cereal field). south of Akraberg is the southernmost point of The Faroe Islands, a rock called the Munkurin (The Monk), also called Sumbiarsteinur, which is one of a group of six rocks. This group of rocks are called Flesjarnar. The sound between Suðuroy and Munkurin is notorious for its strong current, it is called Røstin; the poet Poul F. Joensen (born 1898, died 1970) mentioned it in one of his poems "...Røstin rísin rann...".
Tangafjørður
Tangafjørður is the southern part of the strait separating the islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. The northern part of the strait between is named Sundini.
Faroe Islands boreal grasslands
Ecoregion (WWF)
Útoyggjar
The Útoyggjar or Outer Islands are the islands in the Outer Periphery of the Faroe Islands. This includes the following islands: Fugloy, Svínoy, Kalsoy, Mykines, Hestur, Koltur, Skúvoy and Stóra Dímun, which have very poor connections to the rest of the country and cannot always be reached every day, often due to bad weather.
list of fjords in the Faroe Islands
Wikimedia list article
Skopunarfjørður
thumb|right|250px|Skopunarfjørður. Skopunarfjørður is a strait separating Sandoy and Streymoy in the Faroe Islands. The strait also passes the isle of Hestur.