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. 2015 Nov 4;11:76. doi: 10.1186/s13002-015-0064-9

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Fig. 1 — The Faroe Islands are an island group consisting of 18 major islands about 655 km off the coast of Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about halfway between Iceland and Norway. The closest neighbours are the Shetland Isles and the Outer Hebrides (Courtesy Nations Online Project)