Kirkja

Kirkja (Danish: Kirke) is a village on the island of Fugloy, Faroe Islands. It is located on the south-tip of the island, and its land is stretching all over the western side of the island, including a small enclave in the now uninhabited Skarðsvík. Here archaeologists have located an old settlement that has probably been only a part-time settlement used either by people from ' Kirkja' or Hattarvik.

Kirkja
Kirkja on Fugloy
Kirkja
Coordinates: 62°19′10″N 6°18′51″W
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Faroe Islands
IslandFugloy
MunicipalityFugloyar kommuna
Population
 (December 2018)[1]
 • Total26
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (EST)
Postal code
FO 766
ClimateCfc

Transportation

Kirkja is one of two villages on the island of Fugloy that are connected both by the road built in the 1980s and by the ferry that connects both Kirkja and Hattarvík to Hvannasund on the larger island of Viðoy, and in the last two decades the island can also be reached by helicopter either from the national airport in Vágar, the national capital of Tórshavn or the regional capital Klaksvík.

Kirkja means church and Fugloy means bird-island in Faroese. From here there is a view over the sound Fugloyarfjørður towards the capes of Svínoy and also towards the northernmost cape of the Faroes, Enniberg on Viðoy' – one of the highest cliffs in the world – and the rounded isthmus of Viðareiði that has been a favorite motif for Faeroese and foreign painters throughout the past century because of its tremendously beautiful sunset. Kirkja thereby offers panoramas in the Faroes, making it a tourist attraction.

Climate
Climate data for Kirkja, Fugloy, 53 m.a.s.l.
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 13.4
(56.1)		 12.0
(53.6)		 13.0
(55.4)		 14.9
(58.8)		 19.8
(67.6)		 20.0
(68.0)		 21.3
(70.3)		 20.8
(69.4)		 20.6
(69.1)		 18.8
(65.8)		 13.0
(55.4)		 14.5
(58.1)		 21.3
(70.3)
Average high °C (°F) 6.7
(44.1)		 5.8
(42.4)		 6.5
(43.7)		 7.2
(45.0)		 9.2
(48.6)		 11.2
(52.2)		 12.8
(55.0)		 13.4
(56.1)		 11.8
(53.2)		 9.5
(49.1)		 7.5
(45.5)		 6.6
(43.9)		 9.0
(48.2)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.6
(40.3)		 3.7
(38.7)		 4.3
(39.7)		 5.2
(41.4)		 7.0
(44.6)		 9.0
(48.2)		 10.6
(51.1)		 11.2
(52.2)		 9.7
(49.5)		 7.5
(45.5)		 5.8
(42.4)		 4.4
(39.9)		 6.9
(44.4)
Average low °C (°F) 2.4
(36.3)		 1.5
(34.7)		 1.8
(35.2)		 2.9
(37.2)		 4.9
(40.8)		 7.0
(44.6)		 8.8
(47.8)		 9.3
(48.7)		 7.7
(45.9)		 5.5
(41.9)		 3.8
(38.8)		 2.2
(36.0)		 4.8
(40.6)
Record low °C (°F) −6.2
(20.8)		 −5.5
(22.1)		 −9.1
(15.6)		 −4.2
(24.4)		 −2.4
(27.7)		 1.5
(34.7)		 4.1
(39.4)		 4.9
(40.8)		 0.9
(33.6)		 −2.0
(28.4)		 −3.2
(26.2)		 −6.2
(20.8)		 −9.1
(15.6)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 94
(3.7)		 87
(3.4)		 94
(3.7)		 84
(3.3)		 67
(2.6)		 66
(2.6)		 80
(3.1)		 83
(3.3)		 85
(3.3)		 111
(4.4)		 97
(3.8)		 93
(3.7)		 1,040
(40.9)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 18 17 18 12 13 9.8 9.7 13 15 17 18 15 175
Source: Danish Meteorological Institute[2]
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See also
  • List of towns in the Faroe Islands

References
  1. "Changes in population, by village/city, month, immigration and emigration". Hagstova Føroya. Archived from the original on 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
  2. "The Climate of The Faroe Islands - with Climatological Standard Normals, 1961-1990 Greenland" (PDF). Danish Meteorological Institute. Retrieved August 19, 2015.


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