Vágar

Vágar is an island in the , the island is also called Vága in combination with other words.
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  • Type: island with 2,970 residents
  • Description: island in the Faroe Islands
  • Also known as: Vaga Sysla”, “Vága Sýsla”, “Vagar”, and “Vágar region

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vágar Airport and Vørðufelli.

Aerodrome
is the only airport in the , and is located 1 NM east of the village of , on the island of Vágar and 46 km west of the capital . It is the main operating base for Faroese flag carrier Atlantic Airways.

Peak
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.

Lake
Leitisvatn, sometimes called , is the largest lake in the . It is situated on the island of Vágar, between the municipalities of and Vágar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sørvágur and Miðvágur.

Village
is a village on the island of Vágar in the . It is located at the landward end of . is the largest village in .

Village
, is a village in the Faroe Islands on Vágar. 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 Vágar, is the largest town on this Faroese island.

Village
is a village founded in 1921 in the middle of the of Vagar. , being created in 1921, is one of the youngest settlements in the Faroes.

Vágar

Latitude
62.0833° or 62° 5′ north
Longitude
-7.25° or 7° 15′ west
Population
2,970
Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)
Open location code
9CJJ3QM2+82
Geo­Names ID
2610816
Wiki­data ID
Q207675
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Vágar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فاآر
  • Arabic: فاغار
  • Armenian: Վագար
  • Azerbaijani: Boar adası
  • Azerbaijani: Voar adası
  • Basque: Vágar
  • Belarusian: Вагар
  • Belarusian: Воар
  • Belarusian: Востраў Вагар
  • Catalan: Vágar
  • Chinese: 沃格岛
  • Chinese: 沃格島
  • Czech: Vágar
  • Danish: Vagar
  • Danish: Vágar
  • Danish: Vågø Syssel
  • Danish: Vågø
  • Danish: Vágoy
  • Dutch: Vagar
  • Dutch: Vágar
  • Egyptian Arabic: ڤاجار
  • Esperanto: Vágar
  • Faroese: Vága sýsla
  • Faroese: Vágar
  • Faroese: Vágoy
  • Finnish: Vagar
  • Finnish: Vágar
  • French: Vagar
  • French: Vágar
  • German: Vagar
  • German: Vágar
  • German: Vago
  • German: Vagø
  • German: Vågo
  • German: Vågø
  • German: Vagoy
  • German: Vágoy
  • Greek: Βάγκαρ
  • Hebrew: ואגאר
  • Hebrew: ואוגר
  • Hungarian: Vágar
  • Icelandic: Vágar
  • Icelandic: Vogar
  • Icelandic: Vogey
  • Indonesian: Vágar
  • Irish: Vágar
  • Italian: Vagar
  • Italian: Vágar
  • Italian: Vágoy
  • Japanese: ヴォーアル島
  • Korean: 보가르섬
  • Latvian: Voara
  • Lithuanian: Vagaras
  • Macedonian: Воар
  • Northern Frisian: Vágar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vágar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vágoy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Vágar
  • Norwegian: Vágar
  • Ossetian: Вагар
  • Ossetian: Воар
  • Persian: واگار
  • Polish: Vagar
  • Polish: Vágar
  • Polish: Vågø
  • Polish: Vagoy
  • Polish: Vágoy
  • Portuguese: Vaago
  • Portuguese: Vaagø
  • Portuguese: Vágar
  • Portuguese: Vågø
  • Romanian: Vagar
  • Romanian: Vágar
  • Russian: Вагар
  • Russian: Воар
  • Scots: Vágar
  • Scottish Gaelic: Vágar
  • Serbian: Vagar
  • Serbian: Вагар
  • Silesian: Vágar
  • Slovak: Vágar
  • Slovenian: Vágar
  • Spanish: Vagar
  • Spanish: Vágar
  • Spanish: Vagoy
  • Spanish: Vágoy
  • Swedish: Vágar
  • Turkish: Vágar
  • Ukrainian: Воар
  • Vietnamese: Vágar
  • Western Frisian: Vágar

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