Sumbiarhólmur is an islet in the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...

, located just outside the village of Sumba

Sumba, Faroe Islands

Sumba is the southernmost place of the Faroe Islands on the island of Suðuroy. It is located in the Sumbiar municipality.The municipality has 385 inhabitants. 258 of these people are living in Sumba. The other villages in the Municipality of Sumba are: Lopra , Akrar , Víkarbyrgi .Sumba is known for...

, which is the southernmost village in the island Suðuroy

Suðuroy

Suðuroy is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 km². In 2010 there were 4763 inhabitants, but there has been a gradual decline in the population numbers ever since the 1950s....

. Sumbiarhólmur is the 6th largest islet of the Faroe Islands. It is 7 hectares. The North Atlantic Ocean is often quite rough near Sumbiarhólmur and around Flesjarnar further south. Boat accidents have happened in the area.

Sheep on Sumbiarhólmur

People from Sumba keep rams on the islet in summertime. It depends on the weather when the rams are transported out to the islet. In 2008 they went out there on 15 July and collected them again on 22 September. The rams were all weighted just before the departure to Sumbiarhólmur and just after the return to Sumba. They had all gained weight from 22 to 30 pounds. Normally they let 8 rams out on the islet, but in 2008 and 2007 they let only 7 and with good results, the weight was even better than the years before.

Extern Links

• Pbase.com, Photos from Collecting rams from Sumbiarhólmur and from Skorarnar.
• Sumba.fo, Sumba Municipality