The Útoyggjar or Outer Islands are the islands in the Outer Periphery of the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...
. This includes the following islands:
Fugloy,
SvÃnoy
SvÃnoy (, ) is an island in the north-east of the Faroe Islands, to the east of Borðoy and Viðoy. It takes its name from Old Norse, SvÃney, meaning "Swine Isle". Svinoy also refers to a section of the ocean where North Atlantic water flows int ...
,
Kalsoy,
Mykines,
Hestur,
Koltur,
Skúvoy and
Stóra DÃmun, which have very poor connections to the rest of the country and cannot always be reached every day, often due to bad weather.
External links
* The Outer Islands association: http://www.utoyggj.fo/
Geography of the Faroe Islands
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