Kunoy
Kunoy is an island located in the north-east of the Faroe Islands between Kalsoy to the west and Borðoy to the east.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kunoyar kirkja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kunoy and Skarð.
Kunoy
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kunoy is a village and municipality in the Faroe Islands. The village itself is located on the western shores of the island of Kunoy, which the town is named after.
Skarð
Hamlet
Photo: Tofts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skarð is an abandoned village on the east coast of the island of Kunoy in the Norðoyar region of the Faroes. Skarð means mountain pass. On 23 December 1913, all seven able-bodied men of the village perished while out fishing in the village boat.
Skálatoftir
Hamlet
Photo: Tofts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skálatoftir is a hamlet, which is situated 3 km northeast of Kunoy.
Kunoy
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Kunö”
- Category: landform
- Location: Northern Islands, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.30357° or 62° 18′ 13″ northLongitude
-6.64504° or 6° 38′ 42″ westElevation
358 metres (1,175 feet)Open location code
9CJM8933+CXGeoNames ID
2618120
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Kunoy” goes by many names.
- Belarusian: “Востраў Кунай”
- Chinese: “昆岛”
- Danish: “Kunoy”
- Dutch: “Kunoy”
- Faroese: “Kunoy”
- Finnish: “Kunoy”
- French: “Kunoy”
- German: “Kunoy”
- Greek: “Κούνοϊ”
- Hebrew: “קונוי”
- Hungarian: “Kunoy”
- Japanese: “クノイ島”
- Lithuanian: “Kunojus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kunoy”
- Norwegian: “Kunoy”
- Ossetian: “Куной”
- Russian: “Куной”
- Spanish: “Kunoy”
- Swedish: “Kunoy”
- Ukrainian: “Куной”
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Localities in the Area
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