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 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Constituent country |  |
| Island | Fugloy |
| Municipality | Fugloyar kommuna |
| Population (December 2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 26 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
| Postal code | FO 766 |
| Climate | Cfc |
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] | |||||||||||||
See also
- List of towns in the Faroe Islands
References
- "Changes in population, by village/city, month, immigration and emigration". Hagstova Føroya. Archived from the original on 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2009-10-14.
- "The Climate of The Faroe Islands - with Climatological Standard Normals, 1961-1990 Greenland" (PDF). Danish Meteorological Institute. Retrieved August 19, 2015.
External links
- Faroeislands.dk: Kirkja Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.