Sørvágsfjørður is a fjord on the west side of the island of Vágoy in the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...

which is approximately long. At the end of the fjord lies the village of

Sørvágur :''There is also a town called Vágur on Suðuroy.'' Sørvágur ( da, Sørvåg) is a village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands. It is located at the landward end of Sørvágsfjørður. Sørvágur is the largest village in Sørvágur ...

. On the northside of the fjord lies the small village of

Bøur Bøur ( da, Bø) is a village in the Sørvágur Municipality of the Faroe Islands, 4 km west of Sørvágur, with a population of 75 (2012).Tindhólmur Tindhólmur is an islet on the southside of Sørvágsfjørður, west of Vágar in the Faroe Islands. It has its name from the five peaks, which are named ''Ytsti, Arni, Lítli, Breiði, Bogni'' (Farthest, Eagle, Small, Broad, Bent). The islet is ...

islet, flanked by the

Drangarnir Drangarnir is the collective name for two sea stacks between the islet Tindhólmur and the island Vágar in the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island gr ...

sea stacks A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion. Stacks are formed over time by wind and water, processes of coastal geomorphology. ...

and

Gáshólmur Gáshólmur is a small islet on the southside of Sørvágsfjørður in the Faroe Islands. To the east of the islet lies another islet, Tindhólmur. The islet is uninhabited, and the only living creatures are seabirds and sheep rams, which are pl ...

islet. Roughly in the middle of the fjord lies

Skerhólmur Vagar map

Skerhólmur is a small islet in the middle of Sørvágsfjørður o ...

. During World War II many British soldiers lived in

. Sørvágsfjørður is mentioned in the Pioneers from the WW2 Museum, Krígssavnið, in

Miðvágur Miðvágur ( da, Midvåg), 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. Located on the south coast of the island of Vágar, Miðvágur is the ...

. The Royal Pioneers who were in the

from 1941 until the end of the war published their own newspaper.ww2.fo
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References

External links

Sorvag.fo, Sørvágur Municipality

Visitvagar.fo
Fjords of the Faroe Islands Vágar Sørvágur {{fjord-stub