Kunoy

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Position of Kunoy island

Stamp FR 352 of Postverk Føroya
Issued: 25 May 1999
Photo: Per á Hædd

Map of Kunoy

Kunoy (meaning Woman island) is an island located in the north-east of the Faroe Islands between Kalsoy and Borðoy (to which it is linked via a causeway).

Area: 35.5 km ² (rank 8)
Population: 134 (rank 11, on 31 December 2002)
Population density: 3.8 persons/km ²
Highest mountain: Kúvingafjall, 830 m
Number of summits: 11
Municipality: Kunoyar kommuna
Principal settlement: Kunoy (population 64)
Other settlement: Haraldssund (population 70)

1 Settlements and transport
2 People
3 Mountains
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Settlements and transport

There are two settlements on Kunoy: Kunoy, on the west coast and Haraldssund on the south-east coast. These have been connected by a tunnel since 1988. Haraldssund is connected by a causeway to the neighbouring island of Borðoy to the east of Kunoy. Before the causeway was built, travel to the island was by ferry. Nowadays the 504 bus runs a regular service across the causeway, with a route from Klaksvík through Ánir then across to Haraldssund and through the tunnel to Kunoy.^[1]

A third settlement, Skarð, was the site of a fishing accident on Christmas Eve, 1913 which killed seven men (all the male population except a 14 year old and a 70 year old). The women decided to move to Haraldssund, and the area is now deserted.

[edit] People

Símun av Skarði (1872-1942), Faroese poet, politician and teacher and founder of the Faroese Folk High School (Føroya Fólkaháskúli) was born in Skarð. He wrote the Faroese National Anthem, Mítt alfagra land.

[edit] Mountains

The island has the following eleven mountains, shown with their overall rank in the Faroe Islands:^[2]

Rank	Name	Height
4	Kúvingafjall	830m
5	Teigafjall	825m
6	Kunoyarnakkur	819m
7	Havnartindur	818m
8	Urðafjall	817m
9	Middagsfjall	805m
18	Galvsskorafjall	768m
42	Suður á Nakki	703m
73	Klubbin	644m
198	Lítlafjall	471m
219	Klettur	444m