Borðoy ( da, Bordø) is an island in the north-east of the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
. Its name means 'headland island'. There are eight settlements:
Klaksvík
Klaksvík is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar). It is the administrative centre of Klaksvík municipality.
History
The first ...
(the second largest town in the Faroes),
Norðoyri,
Ánir,
Árnafjørður,
Strond,
Norðtoftir
Norðtoftir ( da, Nordtofte) is a small settlement on the Faroese island of Borðoy in the Hvannasund municipality. The 2020 population was 2. Its postal code is FO 736.
Norðtoftir is situated on the east coast of Borðoy at the end of the seco ...
,
Depil
Depil ( da, Deble) is a village in the Faroe Islands.
Depil is located on the east side of Borðoy between Norðdepil and Norðtoftir. The village has only two inhabitants.
The Farmstead in Depil
In the early 19th century the village of Depil ...
and
Norðdepil
Norðdepil (pronounced ; da, Norddeble) is a town on the east coast of the island of Borðoy in the Norðoyar Region of the Faroe Islands.
History
Norðdepil was founded in 1866. Its school opened in 1895.
On 18 August 1941, around noon, a Ger ...
.
History
There are also three abandoned settlements: Skálatoftir,
Múli
Múli (pronounced ; da, Mule) is a hamlet on the Island of Borðoy in the Norðoyar Region of the Faroes.
Múli lies on the outermost northern edge of Borðoy's east coast. The origins of the settlement can be traced back to the 14th century. Mú ...
and
, all in the north. Múli was one of the remotest settlements in the Faroes – there was no road link until 1989, before which goods had to be brought in via helicopter or boat. The last people left in 1994.
A Klaksvík museum bought the Fossá area in 1969 with the plan of turning it into a typical Faroese Medieval village, though the plan never came to fruition.
Important Bird Area
The northern and south-eastern headlands of the island have been identified as an
Important Bird Area by
BirdLife International because of their significance as a breeding site for
seabird
Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment. While seabirds vary greatly in lifestyle, behaviour and physiology, they often exhibit striking convergent evolution, as the same enviro ...
s, especially
European storm petrel
The European storm petrel, British storm petrel, or just storm petrel (''Hydrobates pelagicus'') is a seabird in the northern storm petrel family, Hydrobatidae. The small, square-tailed bird is entirely black except for a broad, white rump and ...
s (250 pairs) and
black guillemots (200 pairs).
[BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Bordoy. Downloaded from on 2012-02-22.]
Mountains
The island has five mountains: Lokki (755 m), Háfjall (647 m), Borðoyarnes (392 m), Depilsknúkur (680 m), and Hálgafelli (503 m).
References
External links
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Personal website with 9 aerial photos of Borðoy
Islands of the Faroe Islands
Important Bird Areas of the Faroe Islands
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