FAROE ISLANDS

FAROE ISLANDS / FØROYAR.

Islands.
Nólsoy.
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 18.09.2000.
Face value: 1,000 Faroese oyra.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 376.
- Michel No. 384.
- Scott No. 386.
- StampWorld No. 376.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 375.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 380.

Nólsoy is an island in central Faroe Islands. It has an area of 10.3 km² (4.0 sq mi) and its population was 227 people in 2018. The highest point of the island is Eggjarklettur (372 m or 1,220 ft). The southern coast contains two capes, each with a lighthouse (Øknastangi on the south-east, Borðan on the south); The lighthouses were built in the late 18th century. There is only one settlement on the island, also called Nólsoy, on the north-west coast on the Stongin peninsula which is attached to the rest of the island by a meter-wide isthmus. Nólsoy has been identified as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International because of its significance as a breeding site for seabirds, especially European storm petrels, Atlantic puffins and black guillemots.