But at 3.6% of the Faeroes 'GDP, it is a big gesture. From Wordnik.com. [Overheard] Reference
Niels Jakup Mortensen, 11, spotted a black box near his home on Suduroy, the Faeroes 'southernmost island, his mother Anna Jacobsen said. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Neil Thompson—the skipper of the Good Shepherd today—told me that his great-uncle, fishing after herring, had sailed open boats hundreds of miles from Shetland to within sight of the Faeroes. From Wordnik.com. [A Year on the Wing] Reference
More than 300 objects from nine different countries trace Viking migration from a homeland in modern Scandinavia, to the Orkney and Shetland Islands, the Faeroes and Iceland, Greenland, and finally North America. From Wordnik.com. [At the Museums: Three Cheers for the Vikings] Reference
Fishing in mid- to distant-waters, pelagic boats are very hard to monitor, especially as they travel long distances in search of herring and mackerel shoals, with catches often landed in Norway, Iceland or the Faeroes where there are few controls in the import of foreign-caught fish. From Wordnik.com. [A failure of enforcement] Reference
Under the new constitution, the Landsting was reorganized so that it included 12 members appointed by the government, 1 from the Faeroes, and the election of the remainder controlled by electoral colleges split between members popularly elected and members elected by the wealthier taxpayers. From Wordnik.com. [2. Denmark and Iceland] Reference
On 24th August, the day that the Deutschland sailed from Wilhelmshaven and the Admiralty signalled orders to all Home Fleet ships to proceed to their war stations, Kapitän zur See Hans Langsdorff had successfully brought the Graf Spee to a point midway between Iceland and the Faeroes without being sighted. From Wordnik.com. [Graf Spee]
In the Iceland-Faeroes Gap, they encountered the armed merchant cruiser, HMS Rawalpindi. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
The Grass has jumped two hundred miles, from the Faeroes to the Shetlands and we are menaced on three sides. From Wordnik.com. [Greener Than You Think] Reference
Serbia's win over the Faeroes gave it an eight-point lead in Group 7 over France, which has played two games less. From Wordnik.com. [Home - BostonHerald.com] Reference
Kingdoms were carved out in Ireland, Scotland, northeast England, and northern France, and the Faeroes, Iceland, and eventually Greenland were colonized. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Brennan said prevailing winds normally would push the ash northward to the Arctic, but turned southward this week, sending ash straight over the Faeroes, down past the Hebrides on. From Wordnik.com. [The Seattle Times] Reference
By November 22nd, having evaded the British patrols east of Scotland, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were headed out into the wild winter waters of the North Sea, steering a course that would take them between Iceland and the Faeroes. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
UPDATE: When submitting answers, please pay close attention to the rules above — I got several messages, for instance, that mention Guantanamo or other bases (which violates rule 1) or that mention small islands or archipelagoes such as the Faeroes or Bermuda (which aren’t large enough to fit within rule2). From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Remnants of empire:] Reference
The U.S. government protested this further restriction of the freedom of the seas, declaring that the new order conferred the rights of a blockading squadron upon British squadrons that were not blockading an enemy coast: Admiral de Chair’s squadron, for example, was not patrolling off German harbors; it was strung out on a line hundreds of miles away between the Shetlands and Norway, the Faeroes and Iceland. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
France looking for big win against Faeroes. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Exclusive: No Guarantee Of Valencia Beating Barcelona Even If David Villa Had Played - Pablo Hernandez] Reference
France earns playoff spot with win over Faeroes. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Doctor in France accused of being Rwanda war criminal] Reference
France beats Faeroes 5-0 in World Cup qualifying. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Doctor in France accused of being Rwanda war criminal] Reference
Orkneys, Shetlands, Faeroes. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt: Collapse by Jared Diamond] Reference
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