Vatnið
Vatnið is a lake in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. Vatnið is situated nearby to the neighborhood við Kráir, as well as near Við Gjógvará.Photo: EileenSanda, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Á Eiðinum and Ruth Smith Savnið.
Á Eiðinum
Pitch
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
á Eiðinum is a multi-use stadium in Vágur, which is one of the larger villages in the southernmost island Suduroy in the Faroe Islands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of FC Suðuroy, formerly called VB/Sumba.
Botnur Power Plant
Power station
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The Botnur power plant is a hydroelectric power station supplying the Faroe Islands' southernmost island of Suðuroy with electricity. It is located to the north of Vágur.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vágur and Akrar.
Vágur
Village
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Vágur, meaning bay, is a town and municipality on the island of Suðuroy, part of the Faroe Islands. It is situated on the east coast of the island on the Vágsfjørður fjord, and was founded in the fourteenth century.
Akrar
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Akrar is a village in the Faroe Islands. The population was 13 in 2024. It is located on Lopransfjørður, an inlet, which itself is part of Vágsfjørður, on the east-side of Suðuroy, and was founded in 1817.
Porkeri
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Porkeri is a village in the Faroe Islands, situated northeast of Vágur on Suðuroy's east coast. As of 2020 it had a population of 318, and it has been inhabited at least as early as the 14th century.
Vatnið
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
61.4688° or 61° 28′ 8″ northLongitude
-6.833° or 6° 49′ 59″ westOpen location code
9CHMF598+GQOpenStreetMap ID
way 41956332OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=lakeWikidata ID
Q20621793
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In Other Languages
“Vatnið” goes by many names.
- Faroese: “Vatnið”
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