State Kingdom of Denmark Municipality seat Kunoyar kommuna Highest elevation 830 m (2,720 ft) Area 35.5 km² Population 134 (2002) Area code 298 | Constituent country Faroe Islands Area rank 8 Time zone GMT (UTC+0) Elevation 830 m Island group Faroe Islands | |
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Gongut rur kunoy
Kunoy (meaning Woman island, Danish: Kunø) is an island located in the north-east of the Faroe Islands between Kalsoy and Borðoy (to which it is linked via a causeway).
Contents
- Gongut rur kunoy
- Map of Kunoy Faroe Islands
- Varfjalli fyri nor an kunoy 17 07 2014
- Settlements and transport
- People
- Important Bird Area
- Mountains
- References
Map of Kunoy, Faroe Islands
Varfjalli fyri nor an kunoy 17 07 2014
Settlements and transport
There are two settlements on Kunoy: Kunoy (population 64), on the west coast and Haraldssund on the south-east coast. These have been connected by a tunnel since 1988. Haraldssund is connected by a causeway to the neighbouring island of Borðoy to the east of Kunoy. Before the causeway was built, travel to the island was by ferry. Nowadays the 504 bus runs a regular service across the causeway, with a route from Klaksvík through Ánir then across to Haraldssund and through the tunnel to Kunoy.
A third settlement, Skarð, was the site of a fishing accident on Christmas Eve, 1913 which killed seven men (all the male population except a 14-year-old and a 70-year-old). The women decided to move to Haraldssund, and the area is now deserted.
People
Important Bird Area
The coastline of the northern tip of the island has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because of its significance as a breeding site for seabirds, especially European storm petrels (250 pairs) and black guillemots (200 pairs).
The brown rat, was introduced on purpose by people from Klaksvík, to the island in 1914 over some slight, and it has done tremendous damage to the bird population since then, most notably the Atlantic puffin.
Mountains
The island has the following eleven mountains, shown with their overall rank in the Faroe Islands: The top of Klubbin is well known for its vegetation, as it is one of the few areas where there never have been grazing sheep.