| 词条 | Fossá, Faroe Islands |
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|name = Fossá |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Faroe Islands |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_mapsize = 250 |pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Faroe Islands |subdivision_type = State |subdivision_name = {{flag|Kingdom of Denmark}} |subdivision_type1 = Country |subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Faroe Islands}} |subdivision_type2 = Island |subdivision_name2 = Borðoy |subdivision_type3 = Municipality |subdivision_name3 = Hvannasund |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |area_land_km2 = |population_as_of = 1 January 2006 |population_total = 0 |timezone = GMT |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = EST |utc_offset_DST = +1 |coordinates = {{coord|62|18|08.10|N|6|31|53.56|W|region:DK|display=inline,title}} |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |postal_code_type = Postal code |postal_code = }} Fossá is an abandoned village in the Faroe Islands.[1] It lies on the island of Borðoy, slightly north of Norðdepil. It is at a place where several waterfalls join the sea, hence its name (cf. Faroese fossur 'waterfall').[2] Fossá was established in the 1860s as a settlement village, but nobody has lived there in recent years. References1. ^Swaney, Deanna. 1994. Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands: A Travel Survival Kit. Hawthorn, Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, p. 586. 2. ^Krenn, Ernst. 1936. Die Namenwelt im Gebiete des kleinsten germanischen Volkes, der Föroyinger. Zeitschrift für Namenforschung 12: 34–49, 107–27, 229–47, p. 232. External links
1 : Former populated places in the Faroe Islands |
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