Sørvágur
Sørvágur is a village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands. It is located at the landward end of Sørvágsfjørður. Sørvágur is the largest village in Sørvágur Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,130 residents
- Description: village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Soervaag”, “Sørvaag”, “Sörvag”, and “Sorvagur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vágar Airport and Sørvágs kirkja.
Vágar Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Beyer007, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vágar Airport is the only airport in the Faroe Islands, and is located 1 NM east of the village of Sørvágur, on the island of Vágar and 46 km west of the capital Tórshavn. It is the main operating base for Faroese flag carrier Atlantic Airways.
Vørðufelli
Peak
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Vørðufelli is a mountain overlooking the village of Sørvágur on the Faroe Islands. 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 Vatnsoyrar and Bøur.
Vatnsoyrar
Village
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Vatnsoyrar is a village founded in 1921 in the middle of the Faroese island of Vagar. Vatnsoyrar, being created in 1921, is one of the youngest settlements in the Faroes. Vatnsoyrar is situated 3 km east of Sørvágur.
Bøur
Village
Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vágar is an island in the Faroe Islands, the island is also called Vága in combination with other words. Bøur is situated 4 km northwest of Sørvágur.
Miðvágur
Village
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Miðvágur, is a village in the Faroe Islands on Vágar. It has been a municipality until 1 January 2009 when it fused with Sandavágur into Vága kommuna. Located on the south coast of the island of Vágar, Miðvágur is the largest town on this Faroese island. Miðvágur is situated 6 km southeast of Sørvágur.
Sørvágur
- Categories: hamlet and locality
- Location: Sørvágur Municipality, Vágar, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
62.07075° or 62° 4′ 15″ northLongitude
-7.30605° or 7° 18′ 22″ westPopulation
1,130Elevation
79 metres (259 feet)United Nations Location Code
FO SRVOpen location code
9CJJ3MCV+7HOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023816OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Sørvágur” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سورفاغور”
- Belarusian: “Сёрвоавур”
- Catalan: “Sørvágur”
- Chinese: “瑟沃格”
- Czech: “Sørvágur”
- Danish: “Sørvåg”
- Danish: “Sørvágur”
- Dutch: “Sorvagur”
- Dutch: “Sørvágur”
- Faroese: “Sørvágur”
- Finnish: “Sorvagur”
- Finnish: “Sørvágur”
- French: “Sørvágur”
- German: “Sørvåg”
- German: “Sorvagur”
- German: “Sörvagur”
- German: “Sørvágur”
- Greek: “Σόρβαγκουρ”
- Hebrew: “סרוואגיר”
- Hungarian: “Sørvágur”
- Icelandic: “Saurvogur”
- Icelandic: “Sørvágur”
- Irish: “Sørvágur”
- Lithuanian: “Siorvaguras”
- Manx: “Sorvagur”
- Manx: “Sørvágur”
- Moksha: “Сёрвоавур”
- Northern Frisian: “Sørvágur”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sørvágur”
- Norwegian: “Sørvágur”
- Ossetian: “Сёрвоавур”
- Ossetian: “Сорвагур”
- Polish: “Soervagur”
- Polish: “Sorvagur”
- Polish: “Sørvágur”
- Romanian: “Sorvagur”
- Romanian: “Sørvágur”
- Russian: “Сёрвоавур”
- Slovak: “Sørvágur”
- Spanish: “Sørvágur”
- Swedish: “Sörvagur”
- Swedish: “Sörvágur”
- Swedish: “Sørvágur”
- Turkish: “Sørvágur”
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