Akraberg
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Also known as Akrabyrgi.
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Akraberg
South of Sumba on the south-tip of the island is a place called Akraberg. In present time there is just a lighthouse in Akraberg but a Frisian colony was there from year 1040 until The Black Death killed all of them in 1350. The Frisians were heathen a long time after the rest of the Faroe Islands were christianised.
It is said that they partly lived by piracy and they are mentioned in several Faeroese legends.
faroeislands.dk/pages/SumbaIndex.htm
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Akraberg
South of Sumba on the south-tip of the island is a place called Akraberg. In present time there is just a lighthouse in Akraberg but a Frisian colony was there from year 1040 until The Black Death killed all of them in 1350. The Frisians were heathen a long time after the rest of the Faroe Islands were christianised.
It is said that they partly lived by piracy and they are mentioned in several Faeroese legends.
faroeislands.dk/pages/SumbaIndex.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akraberg
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Coordinates: 61°23'35"N 6°40'41"W
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