Luytla-Duymun - the smallest of the 18 Faroe Islands, located between Scotland and Iceland. The island - 0.8 sq km, the highest point - Mount Ravan height 414 meters. The island is uninhabited, except for those frequent cases where it encircled the clouds or deposited from above, in the form of caps.

Small Duymun never been occupied. Its only inhabitants - sheep and puffins. Sheep graze here since ancient times.
The name "Duymun" supposedly comes from the Celtic language and means' two hills. " This refers to the two mountains on the neighboring islands of Greater and Lesser Duymun.
On the island - the poorest flora Faroe Islands, comprising a total of eight plant species.


In 1850 the island was sold at auction for 5,000 Danish thalers. During the bidding royal representatives artificially inflated price in order to enrich the royal treasury.







In summer 2006, 28 young people from Iceland (11), Norway (8), Greenland (3) and the Faroe Islands (6) under the "Silent Island" lived for three days in the Lesser Duymune. They had no cell phones, no cameras, no clock, no TV. But everyone had a pen and notebook in which they were to describe their impressions of life in complete isolation, silence and solitude. Based on these records planned to write a play.

Faroe Islands or the Faroe Islands (far. Føroyar, Feryar - "Sheep Islands") - a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean between Scotland (Shetland Islands) and Iceland. They are an autonomous region of Denmark. Since 1948 the Faroe Islands are free to decide almost all matters of state, except for defense and foreign policy.