Fossá, Faroe Islands
Fossá | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Fossá Location in the Faroe Islands | |
| Coordinates: 62°18′08.10″N 6°31′53.56″W / 62.3022500°N 6.5315444°W | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Country |  Faroe Islands |
| Island | Borðoy |
| Municipality | Hvannasund |
| Population (1 January 2006) | |
• Total | 0 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
Fossá is an abandoned village in the Faroe Islands.[1] It lies on the island of Borðoy, slightly north of Norðdepil. It is at a place where several waterfalls join the sea, hence its name (cf. Faroese fossur 'waterfall' + á 'river').[2] Fossá was established in the 1860s as a settlement village, but nobody has lived there in recent years.
References
- ^ Swaney, Deanna. 1994. Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands: A Travel Survival Kit. Hawthorn, Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, p. 586.
- ^ Krenn, Ernst. 1936. Die Namenwelt im Gebiete des kleinsten germanischen Volkes, der Föroyinger. Zeitschrift für Namenforschung 12: 34–49, 107–27, 229–47, p. 232.
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