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Viðoy
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Viðoy (, ) is the northernmost island in the Faroe Islands, located east of Borðoy to which it is linked via a causeway. The name means wood island, despite the fact that no trees grow on the island; the name relates to the driftwood that floats in from Siberia and North America.
Key facts
- Settlement.timezone1_DST
- EST
- Settlement.name
- Viðoy
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Island
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Faroe stamp 349 vidoy.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Stamp FR 349 of Postverk Føroya (issued: 25 May 1999; photo: Per á Hædd)
- Settlement.image_map
- Position of Vidoy 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.seat
- Viðareiði
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 41
- Settlement.area_rank
- 7
- Settlement.elevation_max_m
- 841
- Settlement.population_total
- 605
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 597
- Area
- 41.0
- Elevation
- 841
- Image
- Faroe stamp 349 vidoy.jpg
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Viðoy (, ) is the northernmost island in the Faroe Islands, located east of Borðoy to which it is linked via a causeway. The name means wood island, despite the fact that no trees grow on the island; the name relates to the driftwood that floats in from Siberia and North America.
== Geography == The island has two settlements: Hvannasund on the south-west coast and Viðareiði on the north-west coast, the northernmost settlement in the Faroes. A road along the west coast of the island connects the two. The island is connected by a road causeway from Hvannasund to Norðdepil on Borðoy, and a bus service from Klaksvík runs across the causeway to the island.
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