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Trap Føroyar

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Trap Føroyar

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  • Føroyskt

  • Leivur Janus Hansen
    Leivur Janus Hansen

    (b. 1975) Biologist. Curator at the Faroe Islands National Museum

Landscapes and coasts on the Faroe Islands

by Leivur Janus Hansen, Lis E. Mortensen
The landscape and the surrounding seabed reflect the volcanic activity, which, some 61 million years ago, marked the starting point of the formation of the Faro...

Streams on the Faroe Islands

by Leivur Janus Hansen, Lis E. Mortensen
The Faroe Islands have around 1,200 streams, which with their associated tributaries have a total length of approx. 2,100 km. They are characterised by generall...

Lakes on the Faroe Islands

by Leivur Janus Hansen, Lis E. Mortensen
There are lakes everywhere in the Faroe Islands, both in the low-lying valleys and in the high-lying cirque valleys. Most of the lakes are located on Suðuroy, ...

Fens on the Faroe Islands

by Leivur Janus Hansen, Lis E. Mortensen
In addition to lakes and streams, the Faroese wetlands also include a number of fens. Together, they cover 18 km2, which corresponds to 1.3 % of the Faroe Islan...

Fresh Waters on the Faroe Islands

by Leivur Janus Hansen, Lis E. Mortensen
The Faroese climate is characterised by considerable precipitation and, on average, it rains or snows for more than 270 days per year. For example, Tórshavn ge...

Insects and arachnids on the Faroe Islands

by Leivur Janus Hansen
The terrestrial invertebrates in the Faroe Islands are represented by insects, arachnids, molluscs, annelids and flatworms. The following describes insects and ...

Birds on the Faroe Islands

by Leivur Janus Hansen, Jóan Pauli Joensen
No other animal group characterises the Faroese landscape as birds. On the mountains facing the sea, you can see northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) and Atlan...

Wildlife on the Faroe Islands

by Leivur Janus Hansen
Just like the plant life, Faroese wildlife is poor in species compared to wildlife on the nearest mainlands, and as for the plants, here too, the size and remot...

Um Trap Føroyar

Tann talgildi heimurin hjá Trap Føroyum ger, at tað ber til at standa á onkrum ávísum staði í Føroyum og fáa viðkomandi upplýsingar um júst hetta staðið. Talan er ikki um eitt avrit av bókaverkinum ella eini talgildari bók, men eitt persónligt, dynamiskt og talgilt leitiamboð, sum fer at geva íblástur og vegleiða brúkarar á teirra talgildu ferð um tað víðtøkna tilfarið um Føroyar á føroyskum og enskum.

About Trap The Faroe Islands

This digital edition of Trap The Faroe Islands makes it possible to get relevant information about any specific place in the Faroe Islands while you are on location. It is neither a copy of a book nor a digital book, but a dynamic, searchable and more personal tool that will inspire and guide users on their digital journey exploring the vast material about the Faroe Islands in Faroese and English.

 

Tann talgildi heimurin hjá Trap Føroyum er gáva frá grunnunum og hinum stuðlunum aftan fyri verkætlanina – ókeypis og øllum atkomuligt.

The digital universe of Trap The Faroe Islands is a gift from the foundations and the other sponsors behind the project — available for free to everyone.

Sætta útgáva av Trap Danmark varð til við fíggjarligum stuðli frá

The 6th edition of Trap Denmark came into existence with economical support from

Sætta útgáva av Trap Danmark varð til í samstarvi við hesum stovnum

The 6th edition of Trap Denmark came into existence in cooperation with the following institutions

Harumframt hava hesi latið stuðul til Trap Føroyar

Uttanríkis- og mentamálaráðið, BankNordik, Klaksvíkar kommuna, Articon, Fólkakirkjan í Føroyum, Posta, Skansi Offshore, Danskur-Føroyskur Mentanargrunnur, Samnordisk Skogsforskning (SNS) og Det Kongelige Danske Geografiske Selskab.

To Trap The Faroe Islands there has also been support from

Uttanríkis- og mentamálaráðið (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Culture), BankNordik, Klaksvíkar Municipality, Articon, Fólkakirkjan í Føroyum (the Church of the Faroe Islands), Posta, Skansi Offshore, Danish-Faroese Culture Fund, the Nordic Forest Research Co-operation Committee and the Royal Danish Geographical Society.