Mykines

Mykines is the western-most of the main 18 islands in the Faroe Islands. There is one settlement on the island: Mykines.

There are two mountains on the island: Knúkur (560 m) and �rnafjall (350 m). There are large numbers of puffin and gannet on the island. There are also many birds located on Mykineshólmur, a small islet to the immediate west of Mykines. There is a footbridge over the 35 m gorge Hólmgjógv linking the two islands.

It has been suggested that the name is actually pre-Norse in origin, coming from muc-innis, a Celtic term for pig island. This maybe a reference to whales who are known as muc-mhara (Sea sows) in Gaelic.