Faroe Islands

The Faroe or Faeroe Islands are an archipelago of 18 islands in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, with roughly 54,000 inhabitants. Like , the Faroe Islands are an autonomous territory of .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations: Tórshavn and Northern Islands.

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is the capital of the Faroe Islands.

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The six islands in the northeast of the Faroe Islands…

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is the main industrial centre of the Faroe Islands, and the hub of the .

Destinations to Discover

Places to explore: Streymoy and Vágar.

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is the largest of the Faroe Islands.

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is an island in the Faroe Islands, the island…

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is part of the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic.

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is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands.

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Sandoy is an island in the Faroe Islands, south of .

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The Faroe Islands are beautiful – that may…

Faroe Islands

  • Type: Country with 48,600 residents
  • Description: North Atlantic archipelago organized as an autonomous constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark
  • Also known as: “Atlantic /Faroe”, “Atlantic/Faroe”, “Àwọn Erékùsù Fàróè”, “Dem Faaro Ailen”, “die Färöer”, “Enesow Faroe”, “Fäärid”, “Fäärsaaret”, “Fæaerøoerne”, “Faer Oer”, “Faer Øer”, “Færø”, “Faeröareailaanden”, “Faeroe”, “Faeroe Is”, “Faeroe Islands”, “Faeroe isles”, “Faeroe Isles”, “Faeroe teŋɛ”, “Færøene”, “Faeroer”, “Faerøer”, “Færöer”, “Færøer”, “Faeroer Eilanden”, “Faeröer eilanden”, “Faerøer Eilanden”, “Faeroer-eilanden”, “Faeroër-eilanden”, “Faeröer-eilanden”, “Faerøer-eilanden”, “Faeröereilande”, “Faeroereilanden”, “Faeröereilanden”, “Faerøereilanden”, “Faeroerne”, “Faeröerne”, “Faerøerne”, “Faeroes”, “Færoes”, “Faeroyene”, “Færøying”, “Far Oer”, “Far Øer”, “Fär-saaret”, “Fareo islands”, “Fareo tenne”, “Farēru Salas”, “Fareur”, “Fareurailanden”, “Faroé”, “Faroe Island”, “Faröe Islands”, “Faroe Islands, Danimarke”, “Faroe Isles”, “Faroer”, “Faröer”, “Färoër”, “Färøer”, “Faroer Eilanden”, “Farøer Eilannen”, “Färoër-eilande”, “Färöerinseln”, “Faröers”, “Färöers”, “Faroes”, “Faroese”, “Faroese Islands”, “Faroese teŋɛŋ”, “Färöische Inseln”, “Färöske kupy”, “Farre”, “Farre I.”, “Farre Is.”, “Farre Isl.”, “Farre Islands”, “Farska Ostrva”, “Farski otoki”, “Farsko otočje”, “Fer-Oer”, “Fēras”, “Fereje”, “Ferejske kupy”, “Ferersko otočje”, “Feroa Insularo”, “Feroaj insuloj”, “Feroe”, “Feroé”, “Féroe”, “Féroé”, “Fèroe”, “Feröer-szigetek”, “Féroes”, “Feroio”, “Ferojski otoci”, “Ferski otoci”, “fo”, “FO”, “Føroya”, “Foroyar”, “Föroyar”, “Føroyar-tó”, “Foroyer”, “Føroyum”, “FRO”, “Iil yu Faarow”, “Il-Gżejjer Faeroe”, “Iles Feroe”, “Ilhas Faeroe”, “Ilhas Faeroé”, “Ilhas Faroe”, “Ilhas Faroes”, “Ilhas Faroés”, “Ilhas Féroe”, “Ilhas Feroés”, “Ilhas Féroes”, “Illas Faroe”, “Illas Faroé”, “Illes Faroe”, “Illes Fer-Oer”, “Illes Feroe”, “Insulae Faeroae”, “Insulae Faroenses”, “Isla feroe”, “Island of Faroe”, “Islands of Faroe”, “Islas Faroe”, “Islas Feroé”, “Islles Faroe”, “Isole Faer Oer”, “Isołe Fær Øer”, “Isole Faeroer”, “Isole Faeröer”, “Isole Far Oer”, “Isole Far Öer”, “Isole Faroer”, “Isole Foroyar”, “isole Föroyar”, “isole Føroyar”, “Ìxołe Fær Øer”, “Kapuluan ng Faroe”, “Kapuluan ng Paroe”, “Kapuluan ng Parowe”, “Kapuluan ng Peroe”, “Kapuluang Faroe”, “Kapuluang Paroe”, “Kapuluang Parowe”, “Kapuropud-an Faroe”, “Las Islas Feroe”, “Mga Pulo ng Faroe”, “Mga Pulo ng Paroe”, “Mga Pulo ng Parowe”, “Mga Pulo ng Peroe”, “Motu Faroe”, “Na Faroes”, “Na h-Eileanan Farach”, “Na Scigirí”, “Ostrva Faro”, “Ovčji Otoci”, “Paroe”, “Paroena”, “Paroeno”, “Paroes”, “Paroesa”, “Paroesang Kapuluan”, “Paroesang mga Pulo”, “Paroese”, “Paroeso”, “Parowe”, “Parowena”, “Paroweno”, “Parowes”, “Parowesa”, “Parowese”, “Paroweso”, “Peroe”, “Peroes”, “Peroesa”, “Peroese”, “Peroeso”, “Perowe”, “Perowes”, “Perowesa”, “Peroweso”, “Pharuy Wat’akuna”, “Pharuykuna”, “Poroyar”, “Pulo ng Faroe”, “Pulo ng Paroe”, “Pulo ng Parowe”, “Pulo ng Peroe”, “Schafsinseln”, “Sheep Islands”, “Suðuroyar sýsla”, “the Faeroe Islands”, “the Faroe Islands”, “The Faroe Islands”, “Ynysek Faroyek”, “Ynysoedd Faroe”, “Ynysoedd Ffarö”, “Ynysoedd Ffaröe”, “Ynysoedd y Ffaroe”, “Νησιά Φαρόε”, “Νησιά Φερόε”, “Νησιά Φερόες”, “Φαιρόες”, “Φαρόε”, “Φερόε”, “Φερόε Νήσοι”, “Φερόες”, “Φερόες Νήσοι”, “Овчија острва”, “Фарераг сакъадæхтæ”, “Фарери”, “Фарёрские острова”, “Фарертæ”, “Фареры”, “Фарёры”, “Фарска острва”, “Фарьорските острови”, “Фарэры”, “Ферјарска Острва”, “Фөрөярдар”, “Фөрөярлер”, “ფარერები”, “ფარერიშ კოკეფ”, “איי פרו”, “תקשורת באיי פארו”, “جزاير فارو”, “جزاير فاروئه”, “جزایر فاروئه”, “جزر الفارو”, “فاروئه”, “فاروئی”, “फरो आइलैंड्स”, “फरो द्वीपसमूह”, “फ़रो द्वीपों”, “फॅरो द्वीपसमूह”, “फेरो द्विपे”, “फेरो द्वीपसमुह”, “फेरो द्वीपे”, “फैरो द्वीपसमूह”, “பாரோ தீவுகள்”, “หมู่เกาะฟาโร”, “파로 군도”, “파로 제도”, “페로스 제도”, “ファロー諸島”, “フェール諸島”, “フェーロー諸島”, “フェロー諸島の歴史”, and “フォーリヤル”
  • Languages: Faroese and Danish
  • Neighbors:
  • Categories: autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, electoral unit, and locality
  • Location: ,
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Latitude of center
62.12° or 62° 7′ 12″ north
Longitude of center
-6.94° or 6° 56′ 24″ west
Population
48,600
Area
1,399 km² (540 miles²)
Elevation
58 metres (190 feet)
Capital
Torshavn
Currency
Krone (DKK)
Phone code
298
Internet domain
.fo
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424312044
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­country
Geo­Names ID
2622320
Wiki­data ID
Q4628
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Zulu—“Faroe Islands” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Pulo-pulo Faroe”
  • Afrikaans: “Faroëreilande”
  • Albanian: “Ishujt Faroe”
  • Amharic: “የፋሮ ደሴቶች”
  • Amharic: “ፋሮ ደሴቶች”
  • Angika: “फैरो”
  • Arabic: “جزر فارو”
  • Aragonese: “Islas Feroe”
  • Armenian: “Ֆարերյան կղզիներ”
  • Arpitan: “Iles Fèroè”
  • Assamese: “ফাৰো দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Asturian: “Islles Feroe”
  • Azerbaijani: “Farer adaları”
  • Balinese: “Kapuloan Faroe”
  • Bashkir: “Фарер утрауҙары”
  • Basque: “Faroe uharteak”
  • Basque: “Faroe Uharteak”
  • Basque: “Faroeak”
  • Basque: “Feroe Uharteak”
  • Bavarian: “Färöer”
  • Belarusian: “Фарэрскія астравы”
  • Belarusian: “Фарэрскія выспы”
  • Bengali: “ফ্যারও দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Bengali: “ফ্যারো দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Betawi: “Pulo Pèrower”
  • Bishnupriya: “ফারো দ্বীপমালা”
  • Bislama: “Fearo aelan”
  • Bosnian: “Farska ostrva”
  • Breton: “Faero”
  • Breton: “Inizi Faero”
  • Bulgarian: “Фарьорски О-ви”
  • Bulgarian: “Фарьорски острови”
  • Burmese: “ဖာရိုး ကျွန်းစုများ”
  • Catalan: “illes Fèroe”
  • Catalan: “Illes Fèroe”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوورگەکانی فارۆ”
  • Chechen: “Фарерийн гІайренаш”
  • Chechen: “Фарерийн гӀайренаш”
  • Chinese: “Fǎluóqúndǎo”
  • Chinese: “法罗群岛 / 法羅群島”
  • Chinese: “法罗群岛”
  • Chinese: “法羅群島”
  • Cornish: “Ynysow Faroe”
  • Croatian: “Farski otoci”
  • Croatian: “Farski Otoci”
  • Croatian: “Ferojski Otoci”
  • Croatian: “Føroyar”
  • Czech: “Faerské ostrovy”
  • Danish: “Færøerne”
  • Dhivehi: “ފަރޮއޭ ޖަޒީރާ”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Adeyê Faroe”
  • Dutch: “Faeröer”
  • Dzongkha: “ཕཱ་རོ་གླིང་ཕྲན།”
  • Dzongkha: “ཕཱའེ་རོ་གླིང་ཚོམ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزر فارو”
  • Erzya: “Фарерэнь усият”
  • Esperanto: “Ferooj”
  • Estonian: “Fääri saared”
  • Ewe: “Faroe ƒudomekpowo nutome”
  • Ewe: “Faroe Islands”
  • Extremaduran: “Islas Feroes”
  • Faroese: “Føroyar”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Faroe Islands”
  • Finnish: “Färsaaret”
  • French: “Iles Féroé”
  • French: “îles Féroé”
  • French: “Îles Féroé”
  • Gagauz: “Farer Adaları”
  • Galician: “Illas Feroe”
  • Georgian: “ფარერის კუნძულები”
  • Georgian: “ფაროს კუნძულები”
  • German: “Färöer-Inseln”
  • German: “Färöer”
  • Gilaki: “فارؤ جزيره‌ئن”
  • Goan Konkani: “फेरो जुंवे”
  • Goan Konkani: “फेरो द्वीपसमूह”
  • Greek: “Νήσοι Φερόε”
  • Greek: “Νήσοι Φερόες”
  • Guarani: “Ypa’ũnguéra Feroe”
  • Guianese Creole French: “Zil Féroé”
  • Gujarati: “ફરો દ્વિપ”
  • Gujarati: “ફરો દ્વિપસમૂહ”
  • Gujarati: “ફેરો આઇલેન્ડ્સ”
  • Haitian: “Zile Fewowe”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Faroe Khiùn-tó”
  • Hausa: “Tsibirai na Faroe”
  • Hebrew: “איי פארו”
  • Hebrew: “פרואר, איי”
  • Hindi: “फ़रो द्वीप”
  • Hindi: “फ़रो द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “फ़ेरो द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hungarian: “Feröer szigetek”
  • Hungarian: “Feröer”
  • Icelandic: “Færeyjar”
  • Ido: “Faero”
  • Igbo: “Agwaetiti Faroe”
  • Inari Sami: “Färsuolluuh”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Faroe”
  • Interlingua: “Insulas Feroe”
  • Interlingue: “Faroe Insules”
  • Inuktitut: “ᐸᕉ ᕿᑭᖅᑕᑦ”
  • Irish: “Oileáin Fharó”
  • Italian: “Fær Øer”
  • Italian: “Isole Fær Øer”
  • Italian: “Isole Faroe”
  • Japanese: “フェロー諸島”
  • Javanese: “Kapuloan Faro”
  • Javanese: “Kapuloan Faroe”
  • Kabyle: “Tigzirin n Faru”
  • Kalaallisut: “Savalimmiut”
  • Kalmyk: “Форойсин Арлс”
  • Kannada: “ಫರೋ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
  • Kannada: “ಫ್ಯಾರೋ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Farer atawları”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Фарер айрымканла”
  • Kazakh: “Фарер аралдары”
  • Khmer: “កោះ​ហ្វារ៉ូ”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Ibirwa bya Farowe”
  • Kirghiz: “Фарер аралдары”
  • Komi: “Фарер діяс”
  • Korean: “페로 제도”
  • Korean: “페로제도”
  • Kurdish: “Giravên Faroe”
  • Kurdish: “Giravên Feroe”
  • Ladin: “Ijules Feroe”
  • Lao: “ຫມູ່ເກາະແຟໂຣ”
  • Latin: “Faeroae insulae”
  • Latin: “Faeroae”
  • Latvian: “Fēru salas”
  • Latvian: “Fēru Salas”
  • Ligurian: “Isoe Farœ”
  • Limburgan: “Faeröer”
  • Lingala: “Bisanga bya Faloé”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Isolas Faro”
  • Literary Chinese: “法羅群島”
  • Lithuanian: “Farerai”
  • Lithuanian: “Farerų Salos”
  • Lombard: “Faroe”
  • Low German: “Faeröer”
  • Low German: “Färöer”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Färöje”
  • Luxembourgish: “Färöer”
  • Macedonian: “Фарски Острови”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Faroe”
  • Malayalam: “ഫറോ ദ്വീപുകൾ”
  • Maltese: “Gżejjer Faeroe”
  • Maltese: “Gżejjer Faroe”
  • Maltese: “il-Gżejjer Faeroe”
  • Manx: “Ellanyn ny Geyrragh”
  • Maori: “Moutere Faroe”
  • Maori: “Moutere Whāro”
  • Marathi: “फेरो द्वीपसमूह”
  • Marathi: “फेरो बेटे”
  • Mazanderani: “فارو”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Faroe Gùng-dō̤”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Faroe Kûn-tó”
  • Mingrelian: “ფარერიშ კოკეფი”
  • Moksha: “Фарэронь цёнгатне”
  • Mongolian: “Фарерын арлууд”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ڭزاير فارو”
  • Nepali: “फरोइ टापु”
  • Nepali: “फरोई टापु”
  • Nepali: “फारो टापुहरू”
  • Northern Frisian: “Fääröer”
  • Northern Sami: “Fearsullot”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Færøyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Færøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Færøyene”
  • Novial: “Faro Isles”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illas Feroé”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Illas Feròe”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Færīeġa”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Faroisca Īega”
  • Oriya: “ଫାରୋ ଦ୍ଵୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ”
  • Oriya: “ଫାରୋ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ”
  • Oriya: “ଫାରୋଇ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ”
  • Ossetian: “Фареры сакъадæхтæ”
  • Pampanga: “Kaferoían”
  • Pampanga: “Pulung Faroe”
  • Panjabi: “ਫ਼ਰੋ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Panjabi: “ਫ਼ਰੋ ਦੀਪ ਸਮੂਹ”
  • Panjabi: “ਫੈਰੋ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Papiamento: “Islanan Faroe”
  • Persian: “جزایر فارو”
  • Piemontese: “Faròe”
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: “Faaro Ailen”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Owcze”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Faroé”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Feroe”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Feroé”
  • Pushto: “فارو ټاپو”
  • Pushto: “فارو ټاپوګان”
  • Quechua: “Islas Feroe”
  • Quechua: “Pharuy”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Faroe”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Feroe”
  • Romansh: “Inslas Feroe”
  • Russia Buriat: “Фарерай аралнууд”
  • Russia Buriat: “Фарерын арлууд”
  • Russian: “Фарерские о-ва”
  • Russian: “Фарерские острова”
  • Russian: “Фарерские Острова”
  • Rusyn: “Фаєрьскы островы”
  • Samogitian: “Farėru salas”
  • Sardinian: “Ìsulas Føroyar”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Färöer”
  • Scots: “Faroe Islands”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Na h-Eileanan Fàro”
  • Serbian: “Фарска Острва”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Farski otoci”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Farski Otoci”
  • Shan: “မူႇၵုၼ် ၾႄးရူဝ်း”
  • Shan: “မူႇၵုၼ်ၾႄးရူဝ်း”
  • Sicilian: “Ìsuli Fær Øer”
  • Silesian: “Faerske Wyspy”
  • Sindhi: “فارو ٻيٽ”
  • Sinhala: “ෆාරෝ දිවයින්”
  • Sinhala: “ෆැරෝ දූපත්”
  • Slovak: “Faerské ostrovy”
  • Slovenian: “Ferski otoki”
  • Slovenian: “Fersko otočje”
  • Somali: “Jasiiradaha Feroe”
  • Somali: “Jasiiradda Faroo”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فارو آدالاری”
  • Southern Dagaare: “Faroe teŋɛ”
  • Spanish: “Islas Feroe”
  • Sundanese: “Kapuloan Faroe”
  • Swahili: “Visiwa vya Faroe”
  • Swedish: “Färöarna”
  • Swiss German: “Färöer”
  • Tagalog: “Kapuluang Peroe”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазираҳои Фарер”
  • Tajik: “Ҷазираҳои Фаро”
  • Tamil: “ஃபாரோ தீவுகள்”
  • Tamil: “பரோயே தீவுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Фарер утраулары”
  • Telugu: “ఫారో దీవులు”
  • Tetum: “Nusar Faroé”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะฟาร์โร”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะแฟโร”
  • Tigrinya: “ደሴታት ፋራኦ”
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): “ʻOtumotu Faloe”
  • Tumbuka: “Vilumba vya Faroe”
  • Turkish: “Faroe Adaları”
  • Turkmen: “Farer adalary”
  • Udmurt: “Фарер шормуӵъёс”
  • Uighur: “فارو ئاراللىرى”
  • Ukrainian: “Острови Фаро”
  • Ukrainian: “Фарерські острови”
  • Ukrainian: “Фарерські Острови”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Färöer”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Färöje”
  • Urdu: “جزائر فارو”
  • Urdu: “جزائرفارو”
  • Uzbek: “Farer orollari”
  • Venetian: “Ixołe Fær Øer”
  • Venetian: “ìzołe Fàroe”
  • Veps: “Fareran Sared”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Faroe”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần Đảo Faroe”
  • Vlaams: “Faeröereilandn”
  • Vlax Romani: “Dvipa Faroe”
  • Volapük: “Färövuäns”
  • Võro: “Fääri saarõq”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Feroe nga Islas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropud-an Feroe”
  • Welsh: “Føroyar”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd Ffaro”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd Ffaroe”
  • Western Frisian: “Faeröer”
  • Western Frisian: “Fêreu-eilannen”
  • Western Panjabi: “فارو جزیرے”
  • Wolof: “Duni Faarow”
  • Wolof: “Duni Faro”
  • Wu Chinese: “法罗群岛”
  • Xhosa: “Iziqithi zaseFaroe”
  • Yakut: “Фарер арыылара”
  • Yiddish: “פֿאַרא אינזלען”
  • Yoruba: “Àwọn Erékùṣù Fàróè”
  • Yoruba: “Àwọn Erékùsù ti Faroe”
  • Yue Chinese: “法羅群島”
  • Zeeuws: “Faeroër”
  • Zeeuws: “Faeröer”
  • Zulu: “i-Faroe Islands”
  • “ma Pewi”

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