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Fossá, Faroe Islands

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Fossá
Village
Fossá is located in Denmark Faroe Islands
Fossá
Fossá
Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°18′08.10″N 6°31′53.56″W / 62.3022500°N 6.5315444°W / 62.3022500; -6.5315444
State Kingdom of Denmark
Country Faroe Islands
IslandBorðoy
MunicipalityHvannasund
Population
 (1 January 2006)
 • Total
0
Time zoneGMT
 • 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

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  1. ^ Swaney, Deanna. 1994. Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands: A Travel Survival Kit. Hawthorn, Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, p. 586.
  2. ^ 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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