Fossá, Faroe Islands Explained

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.

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Notes and References

  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.