Nólsoy

Streymoy is the largest of the . The 24,700 inhabitants make up nearly half of the population of the Faroe Islands.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in central Faroe Islands
  • Also known as: “Nolsö” and “Nolsoy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nolso Island Lighthouse and Nólsoyar kirkja.

Lighthouse
Photo: Udet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3 km southeast of Nólsoy.

Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Nólsoy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nólsoy and Argir.

Village
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is an island and village in central , 4km east of the capital in . is situated 3½ km northwest of Nólsoy.

Village
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is a village in the . most likely takes its name from Old Irish airge, which means summer pasture; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning. is situated 7 km west of Nólsoy.

Quarter
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the historic location of the landsstýri of the , and is a part of . The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese. is situated 7 km northwest of Nólsoy.

Nólsoy

Latitude
61.98064° or 61° 58′ 50″ north
Longitude
-6.64782° or 6° 38′ 52″ west
Population
234
Elevation
149 metres (489 feet)
Open location code
9CHMX9J2+7V
Geo­Names ID
2616438
Wiki­data ID
Q240071
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Satellite Map

Discover Nólsoy from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • 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: “Nolsoy”
  • Spanish: “Nólsoy”
  • Swedish: “Nólsoy”
  • Turkish: “Nólsoy”
  • Ukrainian: “Ноульсой”
  • Urdu: “نولسوئے”
  • Vietnamese: “Nólsoy”

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Localities in the Area

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