Stóra Dímun
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Stóra Dímun is an island in the southern Faroe Islands with an area of 2.5 sq km. Sometimes only referred to as Dímun. The island is only accessible during clear and calm weather periods. There is only one family currently living on the island. Before 1920 the ruins of an old church were present, but are no longer extant. There are two peaks on Stóra Dímun: Høgoyggj (395 m) and Klettarnir (308 m). The island was home to several of the people in the 13th century work Faeringa Saga ( of the Faroe Islanders).
The name 'Stóra Dímun' means "Great Dimun", in contrast to Lítla Dímun or "Little Dimun". According to the Faroese placename expert Jakobsen, "Dimun" may represent a pre-Norse, Celtic placename element, with 'di' representing "two".
Gallery
Stamp FO 475 of Postverk Føroya
Issued: 16 Jan 2004
Photo: Absalon Hansen Image:Faroe_stamp_490_coast_of_stora_dimun.jpg|Coast of Stóra Dímun
Stamp FO 490 of Postverk Føroya
Issued: 2004 Image:Stora_dimun_farm.jpg|The farm on the remote island of Stóra Dímun
Photo: Erik Christensen Image:Stora_dimun_puffins_colony.jpg|Puffins (Fratercula arctica) on Stóra Dímun
Photo: Erik Christensen
External links
- [personal website] with 4 aerial photos
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