List of lakes of the Faroe Islands

The most important lakes in the Faroe Islands are Sørvágsvatn on Vágar, Fjallavatn also on Vágar, Sandsvatn on Sandoy, Lake Eiði on Eysturoy and Lake Toftir on Eysturoy. There are many other smaller lakes across the whole country, most of them used for leisure fishing. Some of the lakes are also used for electricity production, and especially Lake Eiði near Eiði and the water systems around Vestmanna are important in this context. Also in Strond on Borðoy and at Botnur in Suðuroy there are important power-plants.

The 10 largest lakes in the Faroe Islands (natural sizes)

Sørvágsvatn, Vágar, 3.57 km2 (This lake has two names, the other name is Leitisvatn) Fjallavatn, Vágar, 1.03 km2 Sandsvatn, Sandoy, 0.82 km2 Lake Toftir (Toftavatn), Eysturoy, 0.51 km2 Lake Eiði (Eiðisvatn), Eysturoy, 0.47 km2 (0.47 is the natural size of the lake before SEV made a dam there for their hydro-power plant; now the lake is 1.14) Lake Leynar (Leynavatn), Streymoy, 0.18 km2 Kirkjuvatn, Suðuroy, 0.17 km2 Stóravatn, Sandoy 0.15 km2 Vatnsnes, Suðuroy, 0.15 km2 Gróthúsvatn, Sandoy, 0.14 km2 US.fo

List of lakes in the Faroe Islands

Lakes referred to on the islands of Suðuroy, Sandoy, Vágoy, Nólsoy, Eysturoy, Streymoy and Hestur:Jardfeingi.fo , Faroese lake bibliography, selected references Pollur in Saksun Saksunarvatn Sandsvatn on Sandoy, 0.82 km2 Norðbergsvatn, between Hvalba and Norðbergseiði in Suðuroy Heygsvatn, between Hvalbiareiði and Hvalba in Suðuroy Vatnið í Hvannhaga (The Lake in Hvannhagi) in Suðuroy Vágsvatn in Suðuroy. Hamravatn Rættarvatn Bláfossvatn Nykarvatn, near Øravík in Suðuroy Mjáuvøtn Hviltavatn Kirkjuvatn near Fámjin in Suðuroy, 0.17 km2 Vatnið við Vágseiði (Lake near Vágseiði) Tindarlíðarvatn in Suðuroy Miðvatn in Suðuroy Ryskivatn in Suðuroy Bessavatn Lakes of Hovsdalur, Suðuroy Lakes of Hamrahagi Gróthúsvatn, Sandoy, 0.14 km2 Stóravatn Lítlavatn Norðara Hálsavatn Heimara Hálsavatn Vatndalsvatn Lómatjørn Lykkjuvøtn Fossavatn Múlbergsvatn Núpsvatn Ørguvatn Dunjavatn Hólmavatn Gásdalsvatn on Sandoy Stóratjørn Sørvágsvatn (also called Leitisvatn) in Vágar, 3.57 km2 Fjallavatn in Vágar, 1.03 km2 Hviltkinnavatn Breiðavatn Álkuðarvatn Halavatn Reyðastígavatn Steinavatn Lake Toftir, Eysturoy, 0.51 km2 Lake Eiði, Eysturoy, 0.47 km2 Mølinvatn Kornvatn Starvatn Vørðuvatn Kvíandalsvatn, Eysturoy Trælavatn, Eysturoy Heiðavatn Lake Leynar in Streymoy, 0,18 km2 Saksunarvatn in Streymoy Pollur í Saksun Mýrarnar Mjáuvøtn Vatnið Stóravatn Gásafjallavatn Brúnavatn Gásavatn in Streymoy Áarstíggjavatn Porkerisvatn in Streymoy Fagradalsvatn in Hestur Hálsvatn in Hestur

See also

Further reading

AMSINCK, SUSANNE LILDAL, AGNIESZKA STRZELCZAK, RIKKE BJERRING, FRANK LANDKILDEHUS, TORBEN L. LAURIDSEN, KIRSTEN CHRISTOFFERSEN, and ERIK JEPPESEN. 2006. "APPLIED ISSUES: Lake Depth Rather Than Fish Planktivory Determines Cladoceran Community Structure in Faroese Lakes - Evidence from Contemporary Data and Sediments". Freshwater Biology. 51, no. 11: 2124–2142. Five Faroese Lakes Physico-Chemical and Biological Aspects. Annales Societatis Scientiarum Faeroensis, 36. Tórshavn, Faroe Islands: Føroya fróðskaparfelag, 2002. P̐ưALSSON, CARINA, EMMA S. KRITZBERG, KIRSTEN CHRISTOFFERSEN, and WILHELM GRAN̐ưELI. 2005. "Net Heterotrophy in Faroe Islands Clear-Water Lakes: Causes and Consequences for Bacterioplankton and Phytoplankton". Freshwater Biology. 50, no. 12: 2011–2020.

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