Vørðufelli is a mountain overlooking the village of
Sørvágur :''There is also a town called Vágur on Suðuroy.''
Sørvágur () 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 Municipality.
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on the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...
. Its height is 284 metres above sea level.
Map of Vørðufelli
/ref> It is situated between Húsadalur
Húsadalur is a small valley in the village of Sørvágur on the Faroe Islands. The name Húsadalur translates to 'the valley of the houses'. In modern times there are no houses in the valley, but the name suggests that people have lived there in ...
, Vága, Vatnsdalur, and close to Klovin.
The latter part of the name – felli – is Faroese for a small mountain, related to the English word 'fell
A fell (from Old Norse ''fell'', ''fjall'', "mountain"Falk and Torp (2006:161).) is a high and barren landscape feature, such as a mountain or Moorland, moor-covered hill. The term is most often employed in Fennoscandia, Iceland, the Isle of M ...
' as in fell walking. 'Vørða' is a phrase used by Faroese regarding birdwatching. A 'Vørða' consists of five puffins
Puffins are any of three species of small alcids (auks) in the bird genus ''Fratercula''. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water. They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs or offshore islands, nesting in crev ...
, and since Vørðufelli is the fifth mountain on the north side of Sørvágsfirði, that explains how the mountain got its name.
References
External links
Kopula.dk, a Danish blog about a hiking trip on the mountain Vørðufelli.
Mountains of the Faroe Islands
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