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  • People as landmarks : the geographic identities of Faeroe Islanders
  • Faeroe Islands ; Island ; Place names ; Social geography ; Territorial identity
  • Human survival on the Faeroe Islands has required an intimate knowledge of the landscape. This has influenced islanders to attach personal identities to their local environs. People take on geographic names as their own name. Some people even
  • legally changed their Danish surnames to Faeroese names derived from places. - (DWG)
  • Animal production and climate variation in the Faeroe Islands in the 19th century
  • Cattle ; Climatic variability ; Climatic variation ; Faeroe Islands ; Historical geography ; Livestock farming ; Nineteenth Century ; Production ; Sheep
  • This article deals with aspects of the historical geography of the Faeroe Islands in the 19th century with a focus on animal production, i.e. sheep and cows. It is based on material from the Regional Archive, Foroya Landsskjalasavn. The aim
  • Food production, climate and population in the Faeroe Islands 1584-1652
  • Climate ; Faeroe Islands ; Farming system ; Food production ; Historical geography ; Living conditions ; Modern period ; Population ; Source of documentation ; Time series
  • The crustal structure of Iceland and the Iceland-Faeroe-Shetland region
  • Atlantique ; Croûte océanique ; Dorsale médioocéanique ; Géographie de l'Europe ; Géophysique ; Islande ; Islande-Faroë-Shetland ; Méthode sismique
  • Résultats du North Atlantic Seismic Project soviétique. Il est démontré que la croûte océanique est épaisse sous l'Islande. (J. C. Bodéré).
  • Plant production on a Faeroese farm 1813-1892, relating to climatic fluctuations
  • Agricultural calender ; Cereal ; Climatic variation ; Faeroe Islands ; Farm ; Farming system ; Hedge ; Island ; Nineteenth Century ; Potato ; Village
  • The Faeroe Islands topographic atlas
  • Aerial photography ; Atlas ; Climate ; Faeroe Islands ; Historical geography ; Human geography ; Island ; Oceanography ; Soil ; Topographic map
  • Cultural studies ; Economy ; Faeroe Islands ; Fishing ; Human geography ; Island
  • Winter Gale Day Frequency in Shetlandand Faeroes, AD 1866–1905 : Links to Sea Ice History and the North Atlantic Oscillation
  • Anticyclone ; Atlantic Ocean ; Atmospheric dynamics ; Faeroe Islands ; Groenland Sea ; Island ; North Atlantic Ocean ; Ocean atmosphere interaction ; Sea ice ; Shetland Islands ; Storm ; United Kingdom ; Winter
  • Années 1866-1905 ; Anticyclone ; Atlantique ; Atlantique Nord ; Dynamique de l'atmosphère ; Féroé ; Glace de mer ; Hiver ; Ile ; Interaction océan-atmosphère ; Mer du Groenland ; Royaume-Uni ; Shetland Islands ; Tempête
  • The paper describes changes in winter gale day frequency that took place in the Shetland and Faeroe Isles between ca. AD 1866-1905. The majority of the time interval between 1866 -1895 was characterized by high-amplitude fluctuations in the sign
  • A peatland landscape at Akraberg, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands : peat mounds and a cautionary lesson
  • Denmark ; Ethnography ; Faeroe Islands ; Geoarchaeology ; Human impact ; Landscape ; Palaeo-environment ; Peat
  • This paper focuses upon the currently visible manifestations of past peat-cutting activities across a hillslide in the Faroe Islands and offers a general description of the resultant peatscape. In addition, it also outlines the misapprehensions
  • Au pays des toits de prairie qui ondoient sous le vent: les îles Faeroe (Faer Oer), dernier secret d'Europe
  • Anthropology ; Archipelago ; Cultural studies ; Demography ; Enquiry ; Environment ; Ethnography ; Faeroe Islands ; Island ; Language ; Tourism
  • Cost-benefit analysis ; Digital elevation model ; Faeroe Islands ; Geographical information system ; Ground survey ; Methodology ; Mountain ; Observation network ; Orography ; Pluviometry ; Road
  • The A. presents a procedure to find the most efficient walking route to inspect 16 rain gauges within a mountainous location on the Faeroe Islands. Measured walking times on varying slopes and crossing shallow rivers were used as inputs to establish
  • Mountain climate and periglacial phenomena in the Faeroe Islands
  • Air temperature ; Altitude ; Cold area ; Faeroe Islands ; Holocene ; Mudflow ; Nivation hollow ; Patterned ground ; Periglacial features ; Quaternary ; Soil temperature ; Solifluction ; Spatial distribution ; Wind
  • Moraine systems in the Faroe Islands: glaciological and climatological implications
  • C 14 dating ; Cirque ; Faeroe Islands ; Glaciation ; Holocene ; Moraine ; Palaeo-environment ; Palaeoclimatology ; Quaternary ; Roche moutonnée
  • Catchment area;Watershed ; Faroe Islands ; Geographical information system ; Numerical model ; Orographic effect ; Precipitation
  • This article will demonstrate how a digital elevation model for a catchment area on the Faeroe Islands has been used in a geographical information system to select suitable sites for rain gauge mounting in order to reflect the orographic conditions
  • Language, overseas research and a stack of problems in the Faroe Islands
  • Faeroe Islands ; Human impact ; Island ; Landscape ; Landscape analysis ; Peat
  • A study in the Faroe Islands resulted in an initial interpretation of landscape history which subsequent examination showed to be flawed. Difficulties were generated by a combination of working across several languages and the problems arising from
  • Agricultural productivity ; Faeroe Islands ; Land use ; Landscape unit ; Least squares method ; Livestock farming ; Methodology ; Sheep ; Statistical analysis
  • Impacts and timing of the first human settlement on vegetation of the Faroe Islands
  • C 14 dating ; Charcoal ; Climatic variation ; Faeroe Islands ; Geo-ecology ; Geochronology ; Human impact ; Palynology ; Pollen diagram ; Quaternary ; Settlement history
  • Stratigraphically precise AMS-radiocarbon-dated plant remains, pollen, charcoal, and microtephra analyses from the Faroe Islands were used to establish the timing and effects of the first human settlement. The first occurrence of cultivated crops
  • Island studies. Special issue
  • Biodiversity ; Brittany ; Cultural studies ; Environment ; Faeroe Islands ; Globalization ; Identity ; Insularity ; Island ; Landscape ; Literature ; Pacific Region ; Scale ; Sustainable development ; West Indies
  • Faeroe Islands ; Fjord ; Floating ice ; Floating ice processes ; Historical geography ; Iceberg ; Iceland ; Middle Age ; Thermal spring ; Traveller's tale ; Volcanic eruption ; Volcanism
  • Eruption volcanique ; Fjord ; Féroé ; Glace flottante ; Glaciel ; Géographie historique ; Iceberg ; Islande ; Moyen Age ; Récit de voyage ; Source thermale ; Volcanisme
  • Classification of debris flow phenomena in the Faroe Islands
  • Classification ; Cold area ; Debris flow ; Faeroe Islands ; Mass movement ; Slope ; Slope dynamics ; Terminology
  • As a contribution to ongoing landslide risk management research, this paper proposes a classification scheme for debris flow phenomena in the Faroe Islands. The scheme, produced through a multidisciplinary study involving geomorphological fieldwork
  • flow phenomena and promotes a consistent terminology of these within the Faroe Islands.