Vágsfjørður is a

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on the

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of Suðuroy in the

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. The fjord is located in the southern part and on the eastern side of the island. The distance between the east and the west coast of Suðuroy is very short from Vágsfjørður to Vágseiði. Between the fjord and Vágseiði is a lake which is called Vatnið (The Lake). There are five villages around the fjord. In the bottom of the fjord is

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 ...

, which is one of the largest of the villages in Suðuroy. Further east on the northern side of the fjord is Porkeri, in between Vágur and Porkeri is the small village

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, where a famous artist Ruth Smith lived. She drowned while swimming in Vágsfjørður at the age of 45. On the southern side of Vágsfjørður is Lopransfjørður, where the village Lopra is located along with a small bay called Ónavík. Less than one kilometer from the bay of Ónavík is Lopranseiði on the west coast of Suðuroy. Further south of Lopransfjørður and at the beginning of Vágsfjørður is a small village called Akrar.

The Harbour of Vágur

Vágs Havn is the harbour of Vágur. The fjord is 10–15 metres deep where the harbour is. The municipality of

dredged it deeper in 2004, which was a big investment. There are fish factories in the harbour. There is also a ferry port, where the ferry MS ''Smyril'' used to sail to a few times every week, now it only comes to Vágur once every three weeks in order to bunker (refuel) from the Vágsverkið of SEV, which is on the south side of the fjord. When the ferry comes to bunker, ''Smyril'' first arrives to the port at the northern side in order to let people and cars on shore, after that the ferry sails across the fjord to bunker. After the bunkering, the ferry sails across the fjord again in order to take passengers and cars and cargo on board. ''Smyrils port in Suðuroy is on

Krambatangi Krambatangi is the ferry port of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. The ferry MS ''Smyril'' M/F disembarks 2–3 times daily from Krambatangi to Tórshavn. Krambatangi is located on the southern side of Trongisvágsfjørður halfway between Trongis ...

Tvøroyri Tvøroyri is a village on the north side of the Trongisvágsfjørður on the east coast of Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands. Together with Froðba, Trongisvágur, Líðin and Øravík it forms Tvøroyri Municipality. The village is considered ...

municipality since the arrival of the current ferry in 2005. In 2015 the harbour of Vágur was used by ships from the oil industry in Norway, a supply ship and a research and survey vessel, while waiting for new tasks.

Vágsverkið

Vágsverkið, also called SEV-verkið, was built in 1982 by SEV. It is a 13 MW HFO-diesel power plant that produces electricity only for the island of Suðuroy along with the 3.3 MW hydro electric power plant in Botnur, the 6.3 MW Porkeri wind turbines and the reserve diesel power plant in

Trongisvágur Trongisvágur ( da, Trangisvåg) is a village on the island of Suduroy in the Faroe Islands. Trongisvágur is the village in the bottom of Trongisvágsfjørður (fjord) on the east coast of Suduroy. Trongisvágur and the neighbouring villages ...

Photos

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and Vágsfjørður, view to the harbour towards east. File:Vagur Suduroy Faroeislands East and West Coast.JPG, Vágur and the western part of Vágsfjørður. Further west is the lake Vatnið and Vágseiði on the west coast. File:SEV verkið á Oyrunum og oljutangar.JPG, Vágsverkið of SEV produces electricity. It is located on the south side of Vágsfjørður. File:Vágur.FaroeIslands.3.jpg, The harbour and Vágsfjørður File:Beinisvord from the sea.jpg, Vágsfjørður, Lopransfjørður and Lopra with the 470 meter high cliff

Beinisvørð Beinisvørð (Beinisvord) is a high sea cliff in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, the highest sea cliff in Suðuroy.Visitsuduroy.fo

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