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Tindhólmur is an
islet An islet is a very small, often unnamed island. Most definitions are not precise, but some suggest that an islet has little or no vegetation and cannot support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/or hard coral; may be permanen ...
on the southside of
Sørvágsfjørður Sørvágsfjørður is a fjord on the west side of the island of Vágar, Vágoy in the Faroe Islands which is approximately long. At the end of the fjord lies the village of Sørvágur. On the northside of the fjord lies the small village of Bà ...
, west of
Vágar Vágar ( da, Vågø) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the ''large islands''. With a size of , it ranks number three, behind Streymoy and Eysturoy. Vágar region also comprises the island ...
in 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 ...
. It has its name from the five peaks, which are named ''Ytsti, Arni, Lítli, Breiði, Bogni'' (Farthest, Eagle, Small, Broad, Bent). The islet is uninhabited. It has an area of – or in old Faroese style, two ''merkur'' – and its highest point is at an elevation of . Formerly, it was a nesting place for the
white-tailed eagle The white-tailed eagle (''Haliaeetus albicilla'') is a very large species of sea eagle widely distributed across temperate Eurasia. Like all eagles, it is a member of the family Accipitridae (or accipitrids) which includes other diurnal raptors ...
.


Eiriksboði

Eiriksboði is a rocky formation stretching out from the islet.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tindholmur Islets of the Faroe Islands Vágar Uninhabited islands of the Faroe Islands