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{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Skúvoy
| native_name             = Skúgvoy
| other_name              = {{native name|da|Skuø}}
| settlement_type         = [[List of islands of the Faroe Islands|Island]]
| image_skyline           = Skuvoy, Faroe Islands.jpg
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| image_caption           = Skúvoy, as seen from Sandoy
| image_map               = Position of Skuvoy on Faroe map.png
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| map_caption             = Location within the Faroe Islands
| coordinates             = {{coord|61|46|N|6|49|W|region:DK|display=inline}}
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|subdivision_type                = State
|subdivision_name                = {{flag|Kingdom of Denmark}}
|subdivision_type1               = Constituent country
|subdivision_name1               = {{flag|Faroe Islands}}
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| seat_type               = Municipality seat
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| unit_pref               = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
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| area_total_km2          = 10
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| population_total        = 40
| population_as_of        = 7 January 2020<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/faroe_islands_postal_service|title=Tales from the far-flung Faroes}}</ref>
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| timezone1               = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| utc_offset1             = +0
| timezone1_DST           = [[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST         = +1
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| area_code_type          = Calling code
| area_code               = 298
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{{Designation list
| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_offname = Skuvoy
| designation1_date = 31 May 2012
| designation1_number = 2053<ref>{{Cite web|title=Skuvoy|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2053|accessdate=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}

'''Skúvoy''' ({{IPA|fo|ˈskʉuːwɪ}}) or '''Skúgvoy''' ({{IPA|fo|ˈskɪkvɪ}}; {{langx|da|Skuø}}) is an island in the central [[Faroe Islands]], located to the south of [[Sandoy]].

It is named after the large number of [[great skua]] present on the island (who have a habit of attacking intruders). There is only one settlement on the island: [[Skúvoy, Skúvoy|Skúvoy]] on the east coast. There are two mountains: [[Knúkur]] (392 m) and [[Heyggjurin Mikli]] (391 m).

==History==
The [[Black Death]] in the 14th century killed all the inhabitants except one woman; her cottage can still be seen.
Skúvoy was also the home of [[Sigmundur Brestisson]], the hero of the [[Færeyinga saga]] (Saga of the Faroese).

==Bird habitat==
There are 300–400&nbsp;m cliffs along the west coast, which are home to many [[guillemot]]s. Egg harvesting takes place in early June, though this occurs in the first week only so as to allow the guillemots to lay again. The island has been identified as an [[Important Bird Area]] by [[BirdLife International]] because of its significance as a breeding site for [[seabird]]s, especially [[northern fulmar]]s (50,000 pairs), [[Manx shearwater]]s (10,000 pairs), [[European storm petrel]]s (20,000 pairs), [[great skua]]s (25 pairs), [[Atlantic puffin]]s (40,000 pairs), [[common guillemot]]s (135,000 pairs) and [[black guillemot]]s (150 pairs), as well as 40 breeding pairs of [[Eurasian whimbrel]]s.<ref>BirdLife International. (2012). Important Bird Areas factsheet: Skúvoy. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2012-02-23.</ref>

<gallery>
File:Ferry Sandur-Skuvoy.JPG|The Skúgvoy ferry in [[Sandur (Faroe Islands)|Sandur]] harbour
File:Faroe stamp 373 skuvoy.jpg|Stamp FR 373 of [[Postverk Føroya]]<br/>Issued: 22 May 2000<br/>Photo: [[Per á Hædd]]
File:Skuvoy map.jpg|Map of Skúgvoy
File:Skúvoy helicopter 2019.jpg|Skúgvoy village
</gallery>

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://heima.olivant.fo/%7Eanfinn/skuvoy.htm personal website] with 9 aerial photos of Skúgvoy

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