Vágar

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.

airport in the Faroe Islands

Leitisvatn, sometimes called Sørvágsvatn, is the largest lake in the Faroe Islands. It is situated on the island of Vágar, between the municipalities of Sørvágur and Vágar. The local reference is mostly just Vatnið ("The lake"). The area is , more than three times the size of Fjallavatn, the second largest lake, also located on Vágar.

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.

Sørvágur () is a village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands.

Gásadalur () is a village located on the west side of Vágar, Faroe Islands, and enjoys a panoramic view over to the island of Mykines. thumb|upright=1.3|The Gásadalstunnilin single-lane tunnel, Oct 2005

Tindhólmur is an uninhabited islet on the southside of Sørvágsfjørður and to the west of Vágar, one of the Faroe Islands of Denmark. It is known for its spiky top which has five peaks, the tallest of which is Ytsti () at an elevation of . The islet is privately owned and has an area of .

Sandavágur () is a town on the south coast of the Faroese island of Vágar. The name Sandavágur means sandy bay and refers to the sandy beach which used to be much larger than present. From one point in Sandavágur you can get a view of all the southern islands in the Faroes. Sandavágur used to be a municipality until 1 January 2009, when it fused together with the neighbour village Miðvágur into the new Vágar municipality.

Bøur () is a village in the Sørvágur Municipality of the Faroe Islands, 4 km west of Sørvágur, with a population of 75 (2012).

Fjallavatn is the second largest lake in the Faroe Islands. It is situated on the island of Vágar and its size is 1 km2.

municipality of the Faroe Islands

thumb|View of the islets of Tindhólmur (middle) and Gásholmur (right) with the stacks "Drangarnir" (left), Faroe Islands

300px|thumb|Sørvágur, Faroe Islands thumb|Sørvágsfjørður and Sørvágur. Sørvágsfjørður is a fjord on the west side of the island of Vágoy in the Faroe Islands which is approximately long.

thumb|Bøsdalafossur pictured in 1899 Bøsdalafossur is a waterfall in the Faroe Islands that flows from the lake Sørvágsvatn/Leitissvatn into the Atlantic Ocean. It has a height of 30 meters.

Drangarnir ( in Faroese) is a pair of sea stacks in the North Atlantic Ocean, situated between Tindhólmur and Vágar of the Faroe Islands, a Danish archipelago. The larger sea stack is named Stóri Drangur () and the smaller Lítli Drangur (). Drangarnir is located near the Faroe Islands' only airport and is a popular attraction among tourists to the archipelago, particularly due to Stóri Drangur's sea arch.

thumb|Village of Gásadalur with the mountains Heinanøva and Árnafjall (covered in fog) seen behind

abandoned village

Slættanes (pronounced ) is a village on the island of Vágar in the western Faroes, which is now abandoned and only used as summer homes.

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