Kalsoy
Kalsoy is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands of Denmark between Eysturoy and Kunoy. The name means man island; by contrast with the parallel island to the east, Kunoy, the name of which means woman island.
- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Also known as: “Kallsoy”, “Kalsö”, “Kalsø”, and “Kalsøy”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mikladals kirkja.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mikladalur and Kunoy.
Mikladalur
Village
Kunoy
Village
Trøllanes
Village
Kalsoy
- Category: landform
- Location: Northern Islands, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.31326° or 62° 18′ 48″ north
Longitude
-6.76003° or 6° 45′ 36″ west
Population
95
Elevation
148 metres (486 feet)
Open location code
9CJM867Q+8X
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Kalsoy” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كالسوي”
- Azerbaijani: “Kalsoy adası”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Кальсай”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Кальсой”
- Belarusian: “Кальсай”
- Belarusian: “Кальсой”
- Catalan: “Kalsoy”
- Chinese: “卡尔斯岛”
- Czech: “Kalsoy”
- Danish: “Kalsoy”
- Dutch: “Kalsoy”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كالسوى”
- Esperanto: “Kalsoy”
- Faroese: “Kalsoy”
- Finnish: “Kalsoy”
- French: “Kalsoy”
- German: “Kalsoy”
- Greek: “Κάλσοϊ”
- Hebrew: “קאלסוי”
- Hungarian: “Kalsoy”
- Icelandic: “Karlsey”
- Indonesian: “Kalsoy”
- Irish: “Kalsoy”
- Italian: “Kalsoy”
- Japanese: “ケァルソイ島”
- Korean: “칼소이섬”
- Latvian: “Kalsoja”
- Lithuanian: “Kalsojus”
- Northern Frisian: “Kalsoy”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kalsoy”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kalsoy”
- Norwegian: “Kalsoy”
- Ossetian: “Калсой”
- Polish: “Kalsoy”
- Portuguese: “Kalsoy”
- Romanian: “Kalsoy”
- Russian: “Кальсой”
- Scots: “Kalsoy”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Kalsoy”
- Serbian: “Kalsoj”
- Serbian: “Калсој”
- Slovak: “Kalsoy”
- Spanish: “Kalsoy”
- Swedish: “Kalsoy”
- Turkish: “Kalsoy”
- Ukrainian: “Кальсой”
- Urdu: “کالسوئے”
- Vietnamese: “Kalsoy”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Brimnes and Havnartangi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Byttufelli and Heimarafjall.
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