Fossá | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Faroe Islands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Faroe Islands |
Subdivision Type: | State |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Faroe Islands |
Subdivision Type2: | Island |
Subdivision Name2: | Borðoy |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Hvannasund |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 1 January 2006 |
Population Total: | 0 |
Timezone Dst: | EST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 62.3023°N -6.5315°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
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.