The Island of Mykines, Faroe Islands

    Mykines is the westernmost of the Faroes and is notable for its puffins and gannets.  Wikipedia notes that the "Mykines house mouse" may have been introduced by Irish monks as early as the 6th century.

    Navigatio Brendani 9.20

    Posteā nāvigābitis ad aliam īnsulam, quae est nōn longē ab istā īnsulā contrā occidentālem plāgam, quae vocātur Paradīsus Āvium.

     

     

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