Fjallavatn
Fjallavatn is the second largest lake in the Faroe Islands. It is situated on the island of Vágar and its size is 1 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake on Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Fjallavatn lake” and “Fjeldvandet”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vikar.
Vikar
Dwelling
Photo: latzenhofer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Víkar is an abandoned village in the Faroe Islands on the north coast of the island of Vágar. The name Víkar means coves in Faroese, a name with a similar meaning to that of the island of Vágar itself. Vikar is situated 4 km west of Fjallavatn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bøur and 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 4½ km southwest of Fjallavatn.
Sørvágur
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Sørvágur is situated 5 km south of Fjallavatn.
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 5 km southeast of Fjallavatn.
Fjallavatn
- Category: body of water
- Location: Vágar, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Fjallavatn” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fjallavatn”
- Chinese: “菲亚拉湖”
- Czech: “Fjallavatn”
- Danish: “Fjallavatn”
- Dutch: “Fjallavatn”
- Esperanto: “Fjallavatn”
- Faroese: “Fjallavatn”
- French: “Fjallavatn”
- German: “Fjallavatn”
- Italian: “Fjallavatn”
- Korean: “피얄라바튼”
- Latvian: “Fjallavatns”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fjallavatn”
- Norwegian: “Fjallavatn”
- Polish: “Fjallavatn”
- Portuguese: “Fjallavatn”
- Portuguese: “Lago Fjallavatn”
- Silesian: “Fjallavatn”
- Spanish: “Fjallavatn”
- Swedish: “Fjallavatn”
- Turkish: “Fjallavatn”
- Venetian: “Fjallavatn”
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