Suðuroy
Sign in to saveSuðuroy (pronounced: [ˈsuːwʊrɔi] or [ˈsuːri], ‘South Island’, ) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres (63.2 sq mi). In 2018 the population was 4,601. Suðuroy region (sýsla) comprises this island and Lítla Dímun, the next isle northward in the Faroes, which is uninhabited.
Key facts
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipality seat
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 163.7
- Settlement.elevation_max_m
- 610
- Settlement.population_total
- 4601
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 1-2020
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- GMT
- Settlement.utc_offset1
- +0
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- EST
- Settlement.utc_offset1_DST
- +1
- Settlement.area_code_type
- Calling code
- Settlement.area_code
- 298
- Settlement.name
- Suðuroy
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Island
- Settlement.image_map
- Position of Suduroy on Faroe map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location within the Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
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- History
- Geography
- Important Bird Area
- Transport and infrastructure
- Sights and activities
- Cliffs
- Fámjin
- Hikes
- Jóansøka
- Theatres
- Sports in Suðuroy
- Football in Suðuroy
- Swimming in Suðuroy
- Rowing in Suðuroy
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Suðuroy (pronounced: [ˈsuːwʊrɔi] or [ˈsuːri], ‘South Island’, ) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres (63.2 sq mi). In 2018 the population was 4,601. Suðuroy region (sýsla) comprises this island and Lítla Dímun, the next isle northward in the Faroes, which is uninhabited.
== History == One ancient settlement, Víkarbyrgi was abandoned late in the 1990s. Another settlement, Akraberg was abandoned around 1350 because of the Black Death; the people who lived there at that time came from Friesland, and legend has it that people in Hørg (in Sumba) can trace their ancestry back to this settlement, which was situated on the southernmost point of the island.