Nólsoy
Streymoy is the largest of the Faroe Islands. The 24,700 inhabitants make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands.
- Island
- …has about 230 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 370 metres (1,220 feet)
- …is also known as “Nolsö”
- Description: island in central Faroe Islands
Places of Interest
Highlights include Nolso Island Lighthouse and Nólsoyar kirkja.
Nolso Island Lighthouse
Nolso Island Lighthouse is situated 3 km southeast of Nólsoy.
Nólsoyar kirkja
Nólsoyar kirkja is a church, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Nólsoy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nólsoy and Argir.
Argir
Argir is a village in the Faroe Islands. Argir is situated 7 km west of Nólsoy.
Tinganes
Tinganes is the historic location of the landsstýri of the Faroe Islands, and is a part of Tórshavn. Tinganes is situated 7 km northwest of Nólsoy.
Nólsoy
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
61.98064° or 61° 58′ 50″ north
Longitude
-6.64782° or 6° 38′ 52″ west
Open location code
9CHMX9J2+7V
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Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Nólsoy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نولسوي”
- Azerbaijani: “Nyolsoy adası”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Наўльсой”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Ноўльсай”
- Belarusian: “Наўльсой”
- Belarusian: “Ноўльсай”
- Catalan: “Nólsoy”
- Chinese: “诺尔岛”
- Czech: “Nólsoy”
- Danish: “Nolsø”
- Danish: “Nólsoy”
- Dutch: “Nólsoy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نولسوى”
- Esperanto: “Nólsoy”
- Faroese: “Nólsoy”
- Finnish: “Nólsoy”
- French: “Nólsoy”
- Galician: “Nólsoy”
- German: “Nólsoy”
- Greek: “Νόλσοϊ”
- Hebrew: “נולסוי”
- Hungarian: “Nólsoy”
- Icelandic: “Nólsey”
- Irish: “Nólsoy”
- Italian: “Nólsoy”
- Japanese: “ネルソイ島”
- Korean: “놀소이섬”
- Latvian: “Nelsoja”
- Lithuanian: “Noulsojus”
- Manx: “Nólsoy, Nólsoy”
- Manx: “Nólsoy”
- Northern Frisian: “Nólsoy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nólsoy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nólsoy”
- Norwegian: “Nólsoy”
- Ossetian: “Нольсой”
- Polish: “Nólsoy”
- Portuguese: “Nólsoy”
- Romanian: “Nólsoy”
- Russian: “Нёльсой”
- Russian: “Ноульсой”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Nólsoy”
- Slovak: “Nólsoy”
- Spanish: “Nólsoy”
- Swedish: “Nólsoy”
- Turkish: “Nólsoy”
- Ukrainian: “Ноульсой”
- Urdu: “نولسوئے”
- Vietnamese: “Nólsoy”
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Streymoy: Highlights
Learn more about Tórshavn and Kollafjørður.