Koltur

Koltur is an island in the Faroe Islands, located to the west of Streymoy and to the north-west of Hestur. The name 'Koltur' means 'colt', in contrast with the name of the larger island to the south-east, 'Hestur', which means 'horse'. The island has just one settlement, Koltur. It was abandoned in the 1980s by the sheep-farmers whose flocks grazed on the southern part of the island. Since then only two people have returned (in 1994). Koltur has two mountains, Kolturshamar (478 m) and Fjallið (101m) which strictly speaking is not a mountain, the name however translates directly as "The Mountai

Key facts

Settlement.name: Koltur
Settlement.other_name: Kolter, Kolterø
Settlement.settlement_type: Island
Settlement.image_skyline: Koltur, Faroe Islands.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Koltur as seen from Streymoy, with the mountain of Kolturshamar centre right
Settlement.image_map: Position of Koltur on Faroe map.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location within the Faroe Islands
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Constituent country
Settlement.seat_type: Municipality seat
Settlement.seat: Tórshavnar kommuna
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2.8
Settlement.area_rank: 17
Settlement.elevation_max_m: 478
Settlement.population_total: 0
Settlement.population_as_of: 2023
Settlement.population_rank: 17