Sandoy

Sandoy ("Sand Island") is the first of the five southern islands that make up the Faroe chain, the fifth biggest of all the Faroe Islands, an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark. It also refers to the region that includes this island along with Skúvoy and Stóra Dímun. , the largest population centre on the island is the village of Sandur with a population of 532. Other settlements include Skarvanes, Skopun, Skálavík, Húsavík and Dalur.

settlement on Sandoy, Faroe Islands

Skopun (pronounced ; ) is a town in the Faroe Islands situated on the northern coast of Sandoy.

Faroese novelist and translator (1901–1987)

Skálavík () is a village and municipality on the eastern coast of the Faroese island Sandoy.

The Sandsvatn is the largest lake on the island of Sandoy and the third largest in the Faroe Islands, measuring 0.8 km2 with a depth of 5 metres. It is situated in a valley between Skopun and Sandur, just north of the latter on Road 30. At the northern end of the lake are the island's school centre and a copse (plantation) which was badly damaged by a 1988 hurricane.

Skarvanes (; lit. 'cape of shags') is a village on Sandoy, in the Faroe Islands.

Dalur () is a village in the Faroe Islands. Dalur is located on the east-side of Sandoy. The village lies in the bottom of a relatively large valley. Dalur means valley in Faroese.

settlement on Sandoy, Faroe Islands