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Geographic coordinates

62 00 N, 7 00 W


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Elevation extremes

lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Slaettaratindur 882 m


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Political Map






Note: Island group between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about one-half of the way from Iceland to Norway.
Archipelago of 17 inhabited islands and one uninhabited island, and a few uninhabited islets; strategically located along important sea lanes in northeastern Atlantic; precipitous terrain limits habitation to small coastal lowlands. 



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