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Skálafjørður and Tangafjørður
Overlooking Skálafjørður fjord (foreground), Tangafjørður strait (centre) and Kollafjørður fjord I (background). To the extreme left, the entrance to Kaldbaksfjørður is obscured by clouds.
Gøtuvík (Eysturoy)
Kaldbaksfjørður (Streymoy)
Borðoyarvík (Borðoy)
Funningsfjørður (Eysturoy)
Leirvíksfjørður
The Leirvíksfjørður between the islands of Eysturoy (left) and Borðoy (right). Farther away in the north, the Kalsoyarfjørður and a small part of Djúpini are visible.

The Faroe Islands consist of 18 islands, several of which are deeply incised by fjords.

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