Land Use Data for Latitude 61.75 Longitude -6.75

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Hestur
Koltur
Lítla Dímun
Nólsoy
Sandoy
Skúvoy
Stóra Dímun
Suduroy
Vøtnini á Sandoy (Lakes of Sandoy)

Agricultural Land Uses

Urban land

Ecosystems

Polar
Boreal drylands

Livestock

Pigs
Poultry

Growing Period (days)

150 to 179
180 to 209

Soil Types

Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

8 to 16
16 to 30
30 to 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50
50 to 250

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.