Kunoy —  Island  — Stamp FR 352 of Postverk Føroya (issued: 25 May 1999; photo: Per á Hædd) Location within the Faroe Islands Coordinates: 62°18′N 6°39′W / 62.3°N 6.65°W / 62.3; -6.65Coordinates: 62°18′N 6°39′W / 62.3°N 6.65°W / 62.3; -6.65 Country  Denmark Autonomous Province  Faroe Islands Municipality seat Kunoyar kommuna Area  - Total 35.5 km2 (13.7 sq mi) Area rank 8 Highest elevation 830 m (2,723 ft) Population (2002)  - Total 134  - Rank 11  - Density 3.8/km2 (9.8/sq mi) Time zone GMT (UTC+0)  - Summer (DST) EST (UTC+1) Calling code 298

Kunoy (meaning Woman island) 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 1 Settlements and transport 2 People 3 Mountains 4 References 5 External links 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.1

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 Símun av Skarði (1872-1942), Faroese poet, politician and teacher and founder of the Faroese Folk High School (Føroya Fólkaháskúli) was born in Skarð. He wrote the Faroese National Anthem, Mítt alfagra land. Mountains Map of Kunoy

The island has the following eleven mountains, shown with their overall rank in the Faroe Islands:2 Rank Name Height 4 Kúvingafjall 830m 5 Teigafjall 825m 6 Kunoyarnakkur 819m 7 Havnartindur 818m 8 Urðafjall 817m 9 Middagsfjall 805m 18 Galvsskorafjall 768m 42 Suður á Nakki 703m 73 Klubbin 644m 198 Lítlafjall 471m 219 Klettur 444m References ^ "Kunoy". German Wikipedia. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunoy. Retrieved 2006-07-22.  ^ List of mountains of the Faroe Islands External links Look up Kunoy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Kunoy Kunoy details and description personal website with 6 aerial photos of Kunoy

v · d · eIslands of the Faroe Islands Borðoy · Eysturoy · Fugloy · Hestur · Kalsoy · Koltur · Kunoy · Lítla Dímun · Mykines · Nólsoy · Sandoy · Skúvoy · Stóra Dímun · Streymoy · Suðuroy · Svínoy · Vágar · Viðoy