Fugloy
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Fugloy Fuglø |
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| Island | |
Fugloy
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 Location within the Faroe Islands |
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| Coordinates: 62°20′N 6°18′W / 62.333°N 6.300°WCoordinates: 62°20′N 6°18′W / 62.333°N 6.300°W | |
| State |
 Kingdom of Denmark
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| Constituent country |
 Faroe Islands
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| Municipality seat | Fugloyar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.2 km2 (4.3 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 11 |
| Highest elevation | 620 m (2,030 ft) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 44 |
| • Rank | 13 |
| • Density | 3.9/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | WEST (UTC+1) |
| Calling code | 298 |
Fugloy (Danish Fuglø, Old Norse Fuglaey) is the eastern-most island in the Faroe Islands.
The name means bird island, and refers to the large number of birds that nest on the island's cliffs.
There are two settlements:
Fugloy is special because of the stone-material consisting of basalt stratum, making the island very steep and inaccessible. The Eystfelli cliffs, which are 448m are located on the east coast. Nearby on the 47 metre high sea stack Stapin there is also a lighthouse, a natural arch feature and what looks like the outline of an Egyptian Pharaoh (the Pharaoh's Face).
There are three mountains on Fugloy:
The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because of its significance as a breeding site for seabirds, especially Atlantic puffins (15,000 pairs), European storm petrels (25,000 pairs) and black guillemots (100 pairs), as well as for about 50 breeding pairs of whimbrels.
Fugloy was also a nesting site for the now extinct great auk (garefowl). On the east side of the island there is a rock ledge called Gorfuglarókin "Garefowl Ledge", and written sources confirm that great auks were still breeding on Fugloy in the 18th century.
Grey seals are regular visitors to the coastlines of Fugloy. Mountain hares were introduced by humans, and inhabit the higher altitudes on the island. Fugloy has its own subspecies of house mouse Mus musculus domesticus, as do some of the other Faroese islands.
In contrast to the other Norðoyar islands, Fugloy is green and fertile all the way up to the mountain tops. Some rare plants are found on the island, e.g. the Fugloy Eyebright Euphrasia foulaensis.
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