Fossá

Fossurin í Fossá is one of the highest waterfalls[1] in the Faroe Islands and one of the biggest attractions in Northern Streymoy.[2]

Fossá Waterfall, Streymoy Island, Faroe Islands (View from Eysturoy Island)

"Fossá" in Faroese language means "river with waterfalls" and there are several streams in Faroe Island with such name.

The waterfall is located near the village of Haldarsvík,[3] in the Sunda Kommuna municipality.[4] It goes cascading 140 meters down to the sea in two stages.[5] It is possible that in the height of falls is included also the run of the stream between the falls and the sea, which has a height difference of some 30 m.

References
  1. Bestu karmar við Fossá, sunda.fo
  2. "Streymoy, northern part". Faeroe Islands.com. Faeroe Islands. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
  3. Proctor, James (2013). Faroe Islands, 3rd. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 81. ISBN 184162456X.
  4. "View to Fossá, a cache by okvalle". Geocaching.com. Groundspeak, Inc.
  5. Holly Hughes; Sylvie Murphy; Alexis Lipsitz Flippin; Julie Duchaine (2010). Frommer's 500 Extraordinary Islands. John Wiley & Sons. p. 153. ISBN 0470595183.

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