Suðuroy
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Suðuroy is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres. In 2018 the population was 4,601. Suðuroy region comprises this island and Lítla Dímun, the next isle north
The 3.3 MW Botnur Hydroelectric Power Plant was built in 1921.
View from Eggjarnar
Fámjin is surrounded by some of the highest mountains of Suðuroy. The lake at left is Kirkjuvatn.
Pál Joensen
Faroe Islands
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The Faroe Islands, also known as the Faroes, are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and a rigsdel of the Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the Hebrides and Shetland isle
Suðuroy
…Suðuroy (pronounced: [ˈsuːwʊɻɔi] or [ˈsuːɻi], lit. ‘South Island’, Danish: Suderø) 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…
Everyday life in the Viking Age
British troops arrive in Tórshavn, 1940
The village of Skipanes on Eysturoy, with murkier weather in the distance
Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) is common in the Faroe Islands during May and June.