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Sandoy
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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.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sandoy
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Island
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Sandoy aerial 2019 b.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Island of Sandoy seen from a helicopter.
- Settlement.image_map
- Position of Sandoy on Faroe map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location within the Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sandoy
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipality seat
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 125
- Settlement.population_total
- 1231
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 01-2020
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Faroe Islands
- Country
- Faroe Islands
- Located in
- Skálavík Municipality
- Capital
- Sandur
- Population
- 1313
- Area
- 112.1
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Sandoy aerial 2019 a.jpg
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- Sandoy
- located in/on physical feature
- Faroe Islands
- different from
- Sanday
- native label
- Sandoy
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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.
Sandoy gets its name from the large beach at Sandur, and the general sandy soil of the island. It is the only island with dunes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sandoy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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