List of lakes of the Faroe Islands
The most important lakes in the
Botnur in Suðuroy
there are important power-plants.
The 10 largest lakes in the Faroe Islands (natural sizes)
- 1. Sørvágsvatn, Vágar, 3.57 km² (This lake has two names, the other name is Leitisvatn)
- 2. Fjallavatn, Vágar, 1.03 km²
- 3. Sandsvatn, Sandoy, 0.82 km²
- 4. Lake Toftir (Toftavatn), Eysturoy, 0.51 km²
- 5. 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)
- 6. Lake Leynar (Leynavatn), Streymoy, 0.18 km²
- 7. Kirkjuvatn, Suðuroy, 0.17 km²
- 8. Stóravatn, Sandoy 0.15 km²
- 9. Vatnsnes, Suðuroy, 0.15 km²
- 10. Gróthúsvatn, Sandoy, 0.14 km² [1]
List of lakes in the Faroe Islands
Lakes referred to on the islands of
- 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
- Saksunarvatnin 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
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- 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. ISBN 99918-41-36-9
- 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.
References
- ^ US.fo Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jardfeingi.fo Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, Faroese lake bibliography, selected references
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