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Nólsoy is an island in central Faroe Islands, located to the east of the capital Tórshavn in Streymoy. There is only one settlement on the island: Nólsoy on the north-west coast on Stongin, a peninsula attached to the rest of the island by a metres-wide isthmus. There is also one mountain Høgoyggj, the highest point is called Eggjarklettur (371 m) and Nólsoy is the lowest of the faroese isles. Nólsoy has the world's largest colony of storm petrel. The southern coast contains two capes, each with a lighthouse (Øknastangi on the south-east, Borðan on the south). The lighthouses were built in the late 18th century to aid smugglers working against the trading monopoly.
Nólsoy was the home of Nólsoyar-Páll or Poul Nolsøe, a Faroese national hero for his poetry, efforts to stop the trading monopoly and for starting modern faroese seamanship.
Another hero is Ove Joensen, who rowed from the Faroes to Copenhagen in 1986. The annual civic festival Ovastevna on Nólsoy is held to commemorate him.
Nólsoy on Faroese stamps
Nólsoy has featured on a number of stamps from Postverk Føroya:
Artist: Steffan Danielsen
Issued: 3 June 1985
Engraving: Czeslaw Slania Image:Faroe stamp 115 lighthouse bordan.jpg|Lighthouse Borðan, Nólsoy 1893
Issued: 23 Sept 1985 Image:Faroe stamp 201 steffan danielsen - nolsoy.jpg|Nólsoy, Faroe Islands
Artist: Steffan Danielsen
Issued: 8 Oct 1990 Image:Faroe stamp 202 steffan danielsen - nolsoy.jpg|Nólsoy, Faroe Islands
Artist: Steffan Danielsen
Issued: 8 Oct 1990 Image:Faroe stamp 203 steffan danielsen - nolsoy.jpg|Nólsoy, Faroe Islands
Artist: Steffan Danielsen
Issued: 8 Oct 1990 Image:Faroe stamp 204 steffan danielsen - nolsoy.jpg|Nólsoy, Faroe Islands
Artist: Steffan Danielsen
Issued: 8 Oct 1990 Image:Faroe stamp 375 nolsoy.jpg|Stamp FR 376
Photo: Per á Hædd
Issued: 18 Sep 2000
External links
- personal website with 6 aerial photos of Nólsoy
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