Gjógvaráfjall is a 345-metre-high mountain overlooking the village of

Vágur Vágur meaning ''Bay'' ( da, Våg) is a town 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. Expansion has meant that the ...

. The mountain is located north of

Vágseiði Vágseiði is an area in Vágur, Faroe Islands, located on the west coast of Suðuroy west of the village Vágur, from which it takes its name. ''Eiði'' is the Faroese word for ''isthmus''. The distance between the east and the west coast of Vá ...

in the western part of the village. Some of the houses in Vágur are located on Gjógavaráfjall. A little river is named after the mountain, it is called Gjógvará. "Á" in Faroese means 'river'. "Gjógv" is the Faroese word for 'gorge'.

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Mountains of the Faroe Islands Suðuroy {{Faroes-geo-stub