Faroe Islands
Vágar
Vága Municipality

Vatnsoyrar

Vatnsoyrar is a village founded in 1921 in the middle of the of Vagar. Vatnsoyrar, being created in 1921, is one of the youngest settlements in the Faroes.
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  • Type: Village with 42 residents
  • Description: settlement on Vágar, Faroe Islands
  • Also known as: “Vatnsoyri”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vágar Airport and Sørvágsvatn.

Aerodrome
Photo: Beyer007, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the only airport in the , and is located 1 NM east of the village of , on the island of and 46 km west of the capital . It is the main operating base for Faroese flag carrier Atlantic Airways.

Lake
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leitisvatn, sometimes called , is the largest lake in the . It is situated on the island of , between the municipalities of and Vágar. is situated 3 km south of Vatnsoyrar.

Peak
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a mountain overlooking the village of on the . Its height is 284 metres above sea level. It is situated between Húsadalur, Vága, Vatnsdalur, and close to Klovin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sørvágur and Miðvágur.

Village
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is a village on the island of in the . It is located at the landward end of . is the largest village in . is situated 3 km west of Vatnsoyrar.

Village
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, is a village in the Faroe Islands on . It has been a municipality until 1 January 2009 when it fused with into Vága kommuna. Located on the south coast of the island of , is the largest town on this Faroese island. is situated 4 km southeast of Vatnsoyrar.

Village
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is a town on the south coast of the of . The name means sandy bay and refers to the sandy beach which used to be much larger than present. is situated 6 km southeast of Vatnsoyrar.

Vatnsoyrar

Latitude
62.07461° or 62° 4′ 29″ north
Longitude
-7.25014° or 7° 15′ 1″ west
Population
42
Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)
Open location code
9CJJ3PFX+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29023827
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2610685
Wiki­data ID
Q478452
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Vatnsoyrar” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Danish: “Vandsøre”
  • Danish: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Dutch: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Faroese: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Finnish: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • French: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • German: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Hungarian: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Irish: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Norwegian: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Persian: “وتنسیرر”
  • Polish: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Romanian: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Slovak: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Spanish: “Vatnsoyrar”
  • Swedish: “Vatnsoyrar”

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