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Svínoy
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Svínoy (, ) is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands, to the east of Borðoy and Viðoy. It takes its name from Old Norse, Svíney, meaning "Swine Isle". Svinoy also refers to a section of the ocean where North Atlantic water flows into the Norwegian Sea. There is a similarly named island, Swona, in the Orkney Islands.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Svínoy
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Island
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Faroe stamp 350 svinoy.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Stamp FR 350 of Postverk Føroya (issued: 25 May 1999; photo: Per á Hædd)
- Settlement.image_map
- Position of Svinoy 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
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Faroe Islands
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipality seat
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 27.1
- Settlement.area_rank
- 10
- Settlement.elevation_max_m
- 586
- Settlement.population_total
- 31
- Settlement.population_as_of
- Nov 2020
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Faroe Islands
- Country
- Faroe Islands
- Located in
- Klaksvík Municipality
- Population
- 38
- Area
- 27.4
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Highest point
- Havnartindur
- Image
- Svínoy, Faroe Islands by Maciej Brencz.jpg
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- Svínoy
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- Svínoy
- located in/on physical feature
- Faroe Islands
- native label
- Svínoy
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Svínoy (, ) is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands, to the east of Borðoy and Viðoy. It takes its name from Old Norse, Svíney, meaning "Swine Isle". Svinoy also refers to a section of the ocean where North Atlantic water flows into the Norwegian Sea. There is a similarly named island, Swona, in the Orkney Islands.
Svínoy like Kalsoy is a comparatively isolated island, in that there are no bridge, tunnel or causeway links to it. There are boat and helicopter connections.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Svínoy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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