Kunoy

Kunoy
—  Island  —
Stamp FR 352 of Postverk Føroya (issued: 25 May 1999; photo: Per á Hædd)
Location within the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°18′N 6°39′W / 62.3°N 6.65°W / 62.3; -6.65Coordinates: 62°18′N 6°39′W / 62.3°N 6.65°W / 62.3; -6.65
Country	Denmark
Autonomous Province	Faroe Islands
Municipality seat	Kunoyar kommuna
Area
- Total	35.5 km2 (13.7 sq mi)
Area rank	8
Highest elevation	830 m (2,723 ft)
Population (2002)
- Total	134
- Rank	11
- Density	3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	EST (UTC+1)
Calling code	298

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).

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

Settlements and transport

There are two settlements on Kunoy: Kunoy (population 64), 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.

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.

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

References

1. ^ "Kunoy". German Wikipedia. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunoy. Retrieved 2006-07-22. 
2. ^ List of mountains of the Faroe Islands

External links

Look up Kunoy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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• Kunoy details and description
• personal website with 6 aerial photos of Kunoy

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