Suðuroy

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Suðuroy is the southernmost island of the Faroe Islands

Maps [edit]

Position on the Faroe map.
The strait Suðuroyarfjørður between Suðuroy and the rest of the Faroes.

Photos [edit]

Double rainbow at Akraberg
Cape Beinisvørð in the background is one of the most impressive cliffs of the Faroes.
Beinisvørð, 470 m high.
Beinisvørð from the seaside.
A "stakkur" ("not really peaked basalt stack") on Beinisvørð's coast.
View from Beinisvørð northwards along the steep west coast.
West coast of Suðuroy, between Sumba and Vágur
The church of Sumba.
Sumba
View from Eggjarnar to Vágur and Vágseiði
Football (soccer) stadion in Vágur
Basalt and tuff layers in Fámara.
Porkeri
Wooden church in Porkeri, built in 1847.
Columnar basalt formations above Hov.
Fámjin in wintertime.
Basalt in Froðba
View from Høvdaberg to Froðbiarnipa and Lítla Dímun
Froðba
Hol í Hellu, east of Froðba.
Hvalbiareiði west of Hvalba
Scenery from Hvalba
Hvalba
Ásmundurstakkur, Sandvík
The bridge to Glyvrarbergsgjógv, south of Ásmundurstakkur, Suðuroy
Glyvrarbergsgjógv, south of Ásmundurstakkur, west of Sandvík.
Sandvík
View from Trongisvágur to Tvøroyri.
The new ferry Smyril enters Tvøroyri, 15. October 2005
The old and new Smyril
Smyril and Tvøroyri in the background
Hvannhagi
Old store houses in Tvøroyri
Vágur and Vágseiði seen from Eggjarnar
Sumba
Sandvík
Ásmundurstakkur west of Sandvík
West coast of Sandvík
The grave of Viking Chieftain Havgrímur in Hov
Vágur
Lopra
Øravík
Akraberg

Stamps [edit]

FR 184 of 1989: Tvøran (200m). View from Eggjarnar.
FR 185: Skúvanes (200m). View from Vágseiði.
FR 186: Beinisvørð (469m) is one of the most impressing promontories of the Faroes.
FR 187: Ásmundarstakkur (the stack in the foreground, 97m).

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