page_title: Suðuroy
section_title: Infrastructure and tourism
hierarchical_section_title: Suðuroy / Infrastructure and tourism
caption_attribution_description: English: The hydro-electric powerplant in Botni was built in 1920-21, ready to use in 1921. The people in Vágur celebrated the opening of this first electric power plant in the Faroes on 18 July 1921. The mayor, Petur Dahl, also known as Petur á Gørðunum, arranged a party in the public school, where he switched on the ligths for the first time. The hydro-electric powerplant in Botni is still in use, but in 1982 an additional powerplant was built on Oyrarnar in Vágur, next to the sea on the southern side of the fjord. These two powerplants provide electricity to the island Suðuroy, which is not connected to the main area due to large distance. When they have a black-out in the main area of the Faroes, Suðuroy still has power and vice-versa. In 1963 Elfelagið Suðuroy joined SEV, which is for the whole country (Faroe Islands). Føroyskt: Vatnorkuverkið í Botni (elektrisitetsverkið í Botni), Botnur í Vági, var bygt í 1921 og var tað fyrsta av sínum slag í Føroyum. Tað er enn í nýtslu og veit streym til borgarar og virki í Suðuroynni, saman við elverkinum á Oyrunum í Vági og elverkinum í Trongisvági. Vatnorkuverkið í Botni er tað einasta vatnorkuverkið í Suðuroynni. Onnur vatnorkuverk eru: Heygaverkið, Fossáverkið, Mýruverkiðm Eiðisverkið og Strond. Tað var Vágs kommuna ið bygdi verkið. Borgarstjóri tá var Petur Dahl, eisini kendur sum Petur á Gørðunum.
context_page_description: Suðuroy is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres. In 2017 there were 4,607 inhabitants, but there has been a gradual decline in the population numbers ever since the 1950s. In 2005 the population had been 5,036. Suðuroy region comprises this island and Lítla Dímun, the next isle northward in the Faroes, which is uninhabited.
  These are the settlements of Suðuroy: Sandvík, Hvalba, Froðba, Tvøroyri, Trongisvágur, Øravík, Fámjin, Hov, Porkeri, Vágur, Fámara, Akrar, Lopra and Sumba.
  One ancient settlement, Víkarbyrgi was abandoned late in the 1990s. Another settlement, Akraberg was abandoned around 1350 because of the Black Death; the people who lived there at that time came from Friesland, and legend has it that people in Hørg can trace their ancestry back to this settlement, which was situated on the southernmost point of the island.
  Two more settlements were started in the early and mid-20th century: Botni, northwest of Vágur, and Tjaldavík, in a bay southeast of Øravík. Both sites have been abandoned again. The name Suðuroyggjar refers to the Outer Hebrides in Scotland, which lie due south of Suðuroy, Faroe Islands.
context_section_description: There is one ferry which connects Suðuroy with the rest of the islands, MS Smyril operates two to three times daily between Tórshavn and Suðuroy, the ferry port in Suðuroy is located in Krambatangi on the south side of the fjord Trongisvágsfjørður. The journey takes two hours. There are two bus lines in Suðuroy, line 701 goes between Fámjin and Sandvík (the northern line) and line 700 operates between Tvøroyri and Sumba (the southern line). There is a heliport at Froðba, the only with public traffic on Suðuroy. There are helicopter flights to Tórshavn and Vágar Airport.
  The Suðuroy electricity grid is not connected to other islands. SEV calculates that two 900 kW wind turbines could save DKK  6 million per year on diesel.
  From Tvøroyri there is an attractive walk across the mountains to a valley called Hvannhagi. There is a view over the valley and to Lítla Dímun and Stóra Dímun and the sea from above the valley. No roads lead to this valley.
caption: The 3.3 MW Botnur power plant was built in 1921.
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