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1038:Winter day
972:Designated
929:house mice
859:(≥ 1.0 mm)
303:lighthouse
163:Population
66:62°00′33″N
1559:Signabøur
339:Old Norse
334:Etymology
259:Old Norse
177:Time zone
1701:Streymoy
1641:Eysturoy
1574:Tórshavn
1509:Hvítanes
1398:25 April
1386:"Nolsoy"
1041:Artist:
1003:seabirds
915:Wildlife
904:Source:
783:Average
299:Høgoyggj
291:Tórshavn
275:Streymoy
271:Tórshavn
69:6°40′7″W
1706:Suðuroy
1676:Mykines
1623:of the
1621:Islands
1514:Kaldbak
1162:Gallery
1117:village
852:(39.6)
778:(15.4)
773:(15.4)
768:(19.0)
763:(24.8)
758:(33.8)
753:(36.3)
748:(36.9)
743:(32.7)
738:(27.3)
733:(20.1)
728:(16.9)
723:(19.8)
718:(18.3)
708:(39.7)
703:(34.9)
698:(37.0)
693:(41.4)
688:(44.2)
683:(47.1)
678:(46.8)
673:(43.9)
668:(40.6)
663:(36.5)
658:(34.9)
653:(34.9)
648:(34.2)
638:(43.3)
633:(39.2)
628:(41.0)
623:(45.1)
618:(47.8)
613:(50.4)
608:(49.8)
603:(47.3)
598:(44.1)
593:(40.5)
588:(39.0)
583:(38.8)
578:(38.3)
568:(46.8)
563:(42.6)
558:(44.2)
553:(48.0)
548:(51.1)
543:(54.0)
538:(53.4)
533:(51.1)
528:(47.8)
523:(44.2)
518:(42.4)
513:(41.9)
508:(41.4)
498:(65.5)
493:(52.7)
488:(54.0)
483:(57.2)
478:(63.0)
473:(64.0)
468:(64.4)
463:(65.5)
458:(64.8)
453:(55.9)
448:(51.4)
443:(51.1)
438:(53.8)
376:Climate
359:Denmark
357:row to
321:isthmus
1711:Svínoy
1691:Skúvoy
1686:Sandoy
1681:Nólsoy
1661:Koltur
1656:Kalsoy
1651:Hestur
1646:Fugloy
1636:Borðoy
1544:Nólsoy
1534:Koltur
1504:Hoyvík
1499:Hestur
1391:Ramsar
1331:
1308:1 June
1283:1 June
1278:Nólsoy
1212:Pumice
1199:Nólsoy
1187:Nólsoy
1115:Nólsoy
967:Nolsoy
847:(4.3)
842:(4.2)
837:(5.0)
832:(4.2)
827:(2.6)
822:(2.4)
817:(2.1)
812:(2.2)
807:(2.3)
802:(3.6)
797:(2.8)
792:(3.9)
389:Month
263:Norsey
251:Danish
247:Nölsoy
234:Nólsoy
218:FO-270
123:
105:
31:Island
23:Nólsoy
1721:Viðoy
1716:Vágar
1666:Kunoy
1494:Argir
1352:(PDF)
850:1,006
428:Year
255:Nolsø
203:UTC+1
182:UTC+0
95:State
1564:Sund
1400:2018
1360:2015
1329:ISBN
1310:2022
1285:2022
1260:2015
1066:1893
983:2052
927:and
899:189
776:−9.2
771:−9.2
766:−7.2
761:−4.0
736:−2.6
731:−6.6
726:−8.4
721:−6.8
716:−7.6
611:10.2
546:10.6
541:12.2
536:11.9
531:10.6
496:18.6
491:11.5
486:12.2
481:14.0
476:17.2
471:17.8
466:18.0
461:18.6
456:18.2
451:13.3
446:10.8
441:10.6
436:12.1
425:Dec
422:Nov
419:Oct
416:Sep
413:Aug
410:Jul
407:Jun
404:May
401:Apr
398:Mar
395:Feb
392:Jan
142:Area
997:by
896:20
893:19
890:20
887:18
884:13
881:12
878:11
875:12
872:13
869:18
866:15
863:19
845:109
840:107
835:126
830:107
756:1.0
751:2.4
746:2.7
741:0.4
706:4.3
701:1.6
696:2.8
691:5.2
686:6.8
681:8.4
676:8.2
671:6.6
666:4.8
661:2.5
656:1.6
651:1.6
646:1.2
636:6.3
631:4.0
626:5.0
621:7.3
616:8.8
606:9.9
601:8.5
596:6.7
591:4.7
586:3.9
581:3.8
576:3.5
566:8.2
561:5.9
556:6.8
551:8.9
526:8.8
521:6.8
516:5.8
511:5.5
506:5.2
342:nór
311:DKK
277:.
273:in
227:298
207:EST
196:DST
186:GMT
171:230
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