Hólmur Lighthouse at Mykines, Faroe Islands, Denmark

Where is Faroe Islands?

 

Hvithamar-vantagepoint-Guide-to-Faroe-Islands,  Denmark

​Faroe Islands is for those who enjoy wide-open spaces. This is the view from the sight Hvíthamar on Eysturoy island. Photo taken by Costas Kariolis known as @photo_costas on Instagram.

 

Tucked midway between Iceland, Scotland, and Norway in the North Atlantic Ocean, the Faroe Islands are a craggy cluster of 18 mountainous islands. The Archipelago is situated at 62º latitude north and 7º longitude west.

These volcanic islands are located northwest of Scotland, east-southeast of Iceland, and west of Norway. These are the distances from the Faroe Islands to its nearest neighbours.

 

Tindholmur-from-sea

The spiky islet Tindhólmur comes with lots of stunning photo options.

Photo by Chris Poplawski.

• Scotland 400 km (250 mi)
• Iceland 460 km (285 mi)
• Norway 580 km (360 mi)

The Faroe Islands has a land area of 1,399 square kilometres (540 sq mi). The archipelago has a sea area of 274,000 square kilometres (105,792 sq mi). Thus, more than 99% of the Faroe Island’s total area is ocean.

Narrow sounds and rapid currents divide the islands. Faroe Islands or Føroyar consists of high mountains traversed by deep valleys, countless waterfalls and narrow fjords.

 

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Roads are in well maintained in the Faroe Islands making the archipelago perfect for an adventurous road trip. Photo Pawel Zygmunt.

 

Moody evening view outside the village Sandavágur.

The spiky rock formation Trøllkonufingur.

Photo by Costas Kariolis also known as @photo_costas on Instagram.

 

Puffins with their charming beaks are in the island group during summer.

Photo by Chris Poplawski.

 

 

 

Mykines, Faroe Islands , Kingdom of Denmark

 

Mykines (Danish: Myggenæs) is the westernmost of the 18 main islands of the Faroese Archipelago.

It lies west of 7.5 degrees W, effectively putting it in the UTC-1 region. However, Mykines uses Greenwich Mean Time like the rest of the Faroes. The only settlement on the island is also called Mykines.

 

On the northern side of the island is the valley of Korkadalur, where there are great columns of basalt, called the Stone-wood. To the west of Mykines is the 1 km long islet Mykineshólmur, with several sea stacks clustered at its western end, where a lighthouse was built in 1909. A 40m-long footbridge connects its eastern end with Mykines.

 

Mykines seen from Vágar

Myggenæs

Mykines seen from Mykineshólmur

 

 

Hólmur Lighthouse at Mykines, Faroe Islands,  Denmark

 

Connected to the remote island of Mykines by a short footbridge, this landmass less than a mile long is home to a century-old beacon. Built in 1909, Hólmur Lighthouse stands surrounded by sea cliffs and seabirds on the westernmost tip of the Faroe Islands. If you were to sail due west from this North Atlantic archipelago administered by Denmark, you'd cover more than 1,000 miles of chilly seas before spotting the fjord-laced coast of Greenland—where, should you manage to alight on the icy shore, you'd still be on Danish soil.