Munkurin

The Sumbiarsteinur ( fär. " stone of Sumba " ) or Munkurin ( " Monk ") and the Flesjarnar ( " the great archipelago " - these are two other archipelago of the Faroe Islands ) are an uninhabited archipelago group, which is upstream of the Faroe Islands to the south. The dry skerry Sumbiarsteinur in the southwest of the group at 61 ° 10 ' 30 " .85 N, 6 ° 40' 23" .77 W of the southernmost point of the archipelago.

Five kilometers north begins with Akraberg on Suðuroy the actual main land of the Faroe Islands. From Sumbiarsteinur to the northernmost point of the Faroe Islands, Cape Enniberg there are 118 km in a straight line. The other two outer points of the archipelago are Mykineshólmur in the west and Stapin before Fugloy in the east.

The Sumbiarsteinur is the rest of the cliff Munkurin (Danish: Friar ), which is 1884-85 collapsed by wave action for the most part.

Historical Report

In the first book about the Faroe Islands, Færoæ et Færoa Reserata 1673 by Lucas Debes the Munk is mentioned several times because of a dangerous ocean current that moves around the cliff around like a whirlpool. He describes here a strong magnetic field, the " completely useless " make all compasses. He lets the experienced locals John Joensön to say:

" In the first place at this current and very terrible and dangerous in itself, if it insonderheit stürmet. He pulls everything the same only reasonably close comes, per se, and devours such were, so that a ship when it is approaching the same, not to save himself, nor can escape the shipwreck. "

Debes also provide information at that magnitude of the cliff. Accordingly, the Sumböe Munck to ten fathoms (about 18 m) have towered out of the water at the site only three to four fathoms ( 5.4 to 7.2 m ) deep.

In addition to the compass phenomenon, with the turbulent vortex and the local shoal Debes also reported an unusual cold is said to have always prevailed on the cliff. But whether the suspected magnetic or vortex has been responsible for Debes remained hidden