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Eysturoy
Sign in to saveEysturoy (, meaning 'East Island') is a region and the second-largest of the Faroe Islands, both in size and population.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Eysturoy
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Island
- Settlement.image_map
- Position of Eysturoy on Faroe map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location within the Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Eysturoy
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipality seat
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 286.3
- Settlement.area_rank
- 2
- Settlement.population_total
- 11490
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 12-2018
- Settlement.population_rank
- 2
- Settlement.population_density_km2
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Important Bird Area
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Eysturoy (, meaning 'East Island') is a region and the second-largest of the Faroe Islands, both in size and population.
==Description== Eysturoy is separated by a narrow sound from the main island of Streymoy. Eysturoy is extremely rugged, with some 66 separate mountain peaks, including Slættaratindur, the highest peak in the archipelago at . The country's two longest fjords, Skálafjørður in the south and Funningsfjørður in the north, almost split the island in two halves. The isthmus in between, Millum Fjarða, is one of the flattest areas in the country. Important settlements on Eysturoy are Fuglafjørður in the north and the densely populated area of the municipalities of Runavík and Nes in the south.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eysturoy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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