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The Best Attractions In Suduroy

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Suðuroy is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres . In 2017 there were 4,607 inhabitants, but there has been a gradual decline in the population numbers ever since the 1950s. In 2005 the population had been 5,036. Suðuroy region comprises this island and Lítla Dímun, the next isle northward in the Faroes, which is uninhabited. These are the settlements of Suðuroy : Sandvík Hvalba, Froðba, Tvøroyri, Trongisvágur, Øravík, Fámjin, Hov, Porkeri, Vágur, Fámara , Akrar, Lopra and Sumba. One ancient settlement, Víkarbyrgi was abandoned late in the 1990s. Another settlement, Akraberg was abandoned around...
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  • 1. Akraberg Lighthouse Suduroy
    Akraberg is the southern tip of Suðuroy, 5 km south from the village Sumba, Faroe Islands. The name Akraberg derives from akur . Five kilometres south of Akraberg is the southernmost point of The Faroe Islands, a rock called Munkurin , also called Sumbiarsteinur, which is one of a group of six rocks. This group of rocks are called Flesjarnar. The sound between Suðuroy and Munkurin is notorious for its strong current, it is called Røstin, the poet Poul F. Joensen mentioned it in one of his poems ...Røstin rísin rann.... The waters south of Sumba are notorious for their unpredictability. Here lies a series of rocky skerries below and above sea level, and the meeting of currents, together with wind and weather, create dangerous conditions for boats and ships. The situation became more ha...
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  • 2. Eggjarnar Vagur
    Eggjarnar is a place south of the village of Vágur on Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands, which is known for its scenic viewpoint to the sea-cliffs of the southern part of Suðuroy all the way to Beinisvørð in the south and to Vágseiði and Gjógvaráfjall in the north.
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  • 3. Basalt Cliffs Frodba
    Columnar jointed volcanic rocks exist in many places on Earth. Perhaps the most famous basalt lava flow in the world is the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, in which the vertical joints form polygonal columns and give the impression of having been artificially constructed.
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  • 6. Church of Porkeri Suduroy
    Porkeri Church is a church in the settlement of Porkeri in the Faroe Islands. Porkeri is situated in the island Suðuroy, which is the southernmost of the islands. It is a wooden church and it has a roof of turf. The church is from 1847 and contains things donated by seamen who survived lethal storms on the sea, maintaining the tradition of almissu .
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