Kunoy

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Kunoy

Kunoy is an island in the Faroe Islands, part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It lies in the northeast of the Faroe Islands, between Kalsoy to the west and Borðoy to the east. The Faroese name means “woman island.”

Location and size
- Area: 35.5 square kilometers
- Population: about 156 (2020)
- Highest point: Klubbin, 830 meters
- Coordinates: roughly 62.3°N, 6.65°W
- Time zone: UTC+0 (GMT), with daylight saving time in summer (UTC+1)

Settlements and transport
- Two settlements: Kunoy (west coast, about 64 residents) and Haraldssund (southeast coast)
- Connected by a tunnel since 1988; Haraldssund is linked by a causeway to Borðoy
- The 504 bus links Klaksvík, Ánir, Haraldssund, and Kunoy

Geography and nature
- The northern coastline is an Important Bird Area, important for seabirds such as European storm petrels (about 250 pairs) and black guillemots (about 200 pairs)
- A brown rat was introduced in 1914 from Klaksvík and has damaged bird populations, especially puffins

Mountains
- Kunoy has eleven mountains. Heights and names:
- Kúvingafjall – 830 m
- Teigafjall – 825 m
- Kunoyarnakkur – 819 m
- Havnartindur – 818 m
- Urðafjall – 817 m
- Middagsfjall – 805 m
- Galvsskorafjall – 768 m
- Suður á Nakki – 703 m
- Klubbin – 644 m
- Lítlafjall – 471 m
- Klettur – 444 m
- Klubbin is notable for its vegetation because the area has never had grazing sheep

Notable people
- Símun av Skarði (1872–1942), Faroese poet and politician, founder of the Faroese Folk High School, was born in Skarð, a former settlement on Kunoy that was abandoned in 1919

Other facts
- Kunoy is part of the Faroe Islands and, in Faroese, is sometimes noted for its meaning and historic settlements.