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Vágar
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Vágar (; ) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the large islands. With a size of , it ranks third in size, behind Streymoy and Eysturoy. Vágar region also comprises the island of Mykines.
Key facts
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.name
- Vágar
- Settlement.other_name
- Vågø
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Island
- Settlement.image_map
- Position of Vágar on Faroe map.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location within the Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Faroe Islands
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vágar
- Settlement.seat_type
- Municipality seat
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 176
- Settlement.area_rank
- 3
- Settlement.elevation_max_m
- 722
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,367
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Tourism
- Villages
- Geography
- Climate
- Important Bird Area
- Mountains
- Major lakes
- Major waterfalls
- Islets and rocks in the sea
- Geology
- References
- External links
Vágar (; ) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the large islands. With a size of , it ranks third in size, behind Streymoy and Eysturoy. Vágar region also comprises the island of Mykines.
The Vágar island shape is very distinctive, since on maps it resembles a dog's head. The fjord Sørvágsfjørður is the mouth and the lake Fjallavatn is the eye.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vágar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
3 mapped locations