Cape Enniberg is a cliff located on the Island of

Viðoy Viðoy ( da, Viderø) is the northernmost island in the Faroe Islands, located east of Borðoy to which it is linked via a causeway. The name means ''wood island,'' despite the fact that no trees grow on the island; the name relates to the drift ...

. At high, it is one of the highest

promontories A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the so ...

in the world. Enniberg is the northernmost point of the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...

. At the southern foot of the nearby mountain, Villingadalsfjall, lies the town of

Viðareiði Viðareiði (pronounced , literally: ''Wood-Isthmus'', da, Viderejde) is the northernmost settlement in the Faroe Islands and lies on the Island of Viðoy, which belongs to the Norðoyar Region. Geography It lies on an isthmus with high mountai ...

. In summer, boat trips run to Cape Enniberg, which is also the site of an important bird colony. Europeancliffs

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Tours to Cape Enniberg
Headlands of the Faroe Islands Mountains of the Faroe Islands

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