Headlands of the Faroe Islands

geographical object

Akraberg is the southern tip of Suðuroy, south from the village of Sumba, in the Faroe Islands. The name Akraberg derives from akur (cereal field). south of Akraberg is the southernmost point of The Faroe Islands, a rock called the Munkurin (The Monk), 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 (born 1898, died 1970) mentioned it in one of his poems "...Røstin rísin rann...".