Drangarnir
Sign in to saveDrangarnir ( in Faroese) is a pair of sea stacks in the North Atlantic Ocean, situated between Tindhólmur and Vágar of the Faroe Islands, a Danish archipelago. The larger sea stack is named Stóri Drangur () and the smaller Lítli Drangur (). Drangarnir is located near the Faroe Islands' only airport and is a popular attraction among tourists to the archipelago, particularly due to Stóri Drangur's sea arch.
Key facts
- Landform.name
- Drangarnir
- Landform.type
- Sea stacks
- Landform.image
- Drangarnir and Tindholmur, Faroe Islands.jpg
- Landform.caption
- Drangarnir with Tindhólmur visible behind it (2005)
- Landform.location
- Between Tindhólmur and Vágar of the Faroe Islands
- Landform.elevation_m
- 70
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- islet
- Country
- Faroe Islands
- Population
- 0
- Image
- Drangarnir and Tindholmur, Faroe Islands.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Geography
- Fauna
- Tourism
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Drangarnir ( in Faroese) is a pair of sea stacks in the North Atlantic Ocean, situated between Tindhólmur and Vágar of the Faroe Islands, a Danish archipelago. The larger sea stack is named Stóri Drangur () and the smaller Lítli Drangur (). Drangarnir is located near the Faroe Islands' only airport and is a popular attraction among tourists to the archipelago, particularly due to Stóri Drangur's sea arch.
== Etymology == Drangarnir is a Faroese name that translates to "the sea stacks". The larger and more well-known of the two sea stacks is named Stóri Drangur, meaning "large sea stack", while the smaller one is named Lítli Drangur, meaning "small sea stack".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Drangarnir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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