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Streymoy is the largest and most populated island of the ___MASK62___ . The capital , Tórshavn , is located on its east coast . The name means " island of currents ". It also refers to the largest region of the country that also includes the islands of Hestur , Koltur and Nólsoy . The ___MASK62___ ( Irish : " Na Scigirí ") are an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic approximately halfway between Norway and Iceland , north - northwest of mainland Scotland . The area is approximately with a 2016 population of 49 , 188 . The islands are an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark . Saksun is a village near the northwest coast of the Faroese island of Streymoy . Koltur is an island in the ___MASK62___ , located to the west of Streymoy and to the north of Hestur . The island has just one settlement , Koltur . It was abandoned in the 1980s by the sheep - farmers whose flocks grazed on the southern part of the island . Since then only two people have returned ( in 1994 ). Koltur has two mountains , Kolturshamar ( 478 m ) and Fjallið ( 101m ) which strictly speaking is not a mountain , the name however translates directly as " The Mountain " and is considered by many as the smallest mountain in the country . Tórshavn (; literally , " Thor ' s harbour " is the capital and largest city of the ___MASK62___ . Tórshavn is in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy . To the northwest of the city lies the mountain Húsareyn , and to the southwest , the Kirkjubøreyn . The town proper has a population of 13 , 000 ( 2008 ), and the greater urban area a population of 19 , 000 . Nólsoy is an island and village in central ___MASK62___ , 4 km east of the capital Tórshavn in Streymoy . Hestur is an island in the central ___MASK62___ , to the west of Streymoy and the south of Koltur . " Hestur " means " horse " in Faroese .