Faroe Islands

An archipelago of islands belonging to Denmark, the FAROE ISLANDS (known as Føroyar in the Faroese language) are located in the North Atlantic Ocean at a latitude of 62° — about 4 degrees south of the Arctic Circle. The islands are east-southeast (ESE) of Iceland, west of Norway, west-northwest (WNW) of the Shetland Islands (archipelago belonging to Scotland), and south of the Norwegian Sea. Besides islands off the coasts of Iceland and Norway, the Faroe Islands archipelago is the northernmost grouping of islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The capital and largest city in the Faroe Islands is Tórshavn, which is found in the southern part of Streymoy island. The three largest islands are right by each other! Streymoy island is the largest, Eysturoy is the second largest, and Vágar is the third largest. Other islands include Borðoy, Fugloy, Hestur, Kalsoy, Kunoy, Mykines, Nólsoy, Sandoy, Svínoy, Suðuroy, and Tindhólmur.