Viðoy
Viðoy (Danish: Viderø) is the northern-most 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 to Norðdepil on Borðoy and a bus service from Klaksvík runs across the causeway to the island.[1]
Viðoy has eleven mountains of which Villingadalsfjall is the northern-most peak in the Faroes. The north coast also has the Enniberg cliff, which at 750 m is the second highest sea-cliff in Europe (after Hornelen, in Norway).
Mountains
The island has eleven mountains, shown with their overall rank in the Faroe Islands:[2]
| Rank |
Name |
Height |
| 3 |
Villingadalsfjall |
841m |
| 24 |
Nakkurin (norðari) |
754m |
| 29 |
Malinsfjall |
750m |
| 52 |
Filthatturin |
688m |
| 53 |
Oyggjarskoratindur |
687m |
| 67 |
Enniberg |
651m |
| 84 |
Sneis |
634m |
| 116 |
Tunnafjall |
593m |
| 147 |
Talvborð |
557m |
| 174 |
Mølin |
511m |
| 192 |
Nakkurin |
481m |
References
- ^ Swaney, Deanna (June 1999) [1991]. Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands (3rd edition ed.). Lonely Planet Publications. ISBN 0864424531.
- ^ List of mountains of the Faroe Islands
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