Geography...

The uninhabited island Lítla Dímun.

Satellite photo of the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea. Faroe Islands on the top left.

The Faroe Islands are an island group consisting of eighteen islands off the coast of Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the north Atlantic Ocean, about halfway between Iceland and Norway; the closest neighbours being the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland. Its coordinates are 62°00′N, 06°47′W.

Its area is 1,399 square kilometres (540 sq. mi), and has no major lakes or rivers. There are 1,117 kilometres (694 mi) of coastline, and no land boundaries with any other country. The only island that is uninhabited is Lítla Dímun.

Distances to nearest countries and islands

• Sula Sgeir (Scotland): 240 km (149 mi)
• Shetland (Scotland): 280 km (174 mi)
• Scotland (British Mainland): 310 km (193 mi)
• Iceland: 450 km (280 mi)
• Norway: 675 km (419 mi)
• Ireland: 678 km (421 mi)