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south coast of Sydero a small rocky islet, cailed Munken, rises 

 out of the sea, tapering upwards to a point. As all these islands 

 taken collectively only cover an area of some 1325 sqiiare km. the 

 separate islands must necessarily be small, and only a few of them 

 exceed 100 square km.: the largest, Stromo, is 373,5 square km.; 

 then follows Ostero with 286 square km.; Vaago 178 square km.; 

 Syderø 153 square km.; and Sando 114 square km.^ 



Fig. 



\ois6. The east part of the istand ; the N'orclreoer in the Ijackground. 

 (After a photograph by F. Borgesen). 



Nature of coast. The nature of the coast differs considerably 

 on differens sides of the islands; to the north and west, the slopes 

 are steep often rising vertically from the sea to a height of 4 — 500 m., 

 thus makin,^ the coast nearly inaccessible (Fig. 2); the precipitous 

 sea-cliff on the west side of North-Strdmo , where, e. g. Mylingen 

 rises almost vertically from the sea to a height of 6 — 700 m., is 

 particularly imposing; this is also the case with Kodlen, a cliff at 

 the north end of Ostero. The west coast of Sando is further quite 

 inaccessible, and along the whole of the long narrow west coast 



^ Nearly all the figures given in this part have been taken from an article 

 »Færoerne« in Salomonsen's »111. Konversationsleksikon«, vol. VII. 1897, p. 343 

 (Jakob Jakobsen) and from Lomholt, »Færoerne« in »Nord og Syd« 1898. 



