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Faroe Islands

a Pleiades place resource

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An archipelago made up of 18 islands situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/136699833

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
61.980293275, -6.77152265

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- location of Fugloy (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- location of Vágar (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- location of Streymoy (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- location of Suðuroy (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Faroe Islands makes connections with:

None

Faroe Islands receives connections from:

None

Place type:
archipelago, island group, island

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Faroe Islands

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Faroe Islands: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2013 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/136699833> [accessed: 23 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/136699833 |title=Places: 136699833 (Faroe Islands) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 23, 2024 11:41 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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