Vágsfjørður
Fjord on the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vágsfjørður is a fjord on the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. 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, 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 Nes, 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.