Lake on the Faroé Islands seems to hang over the ocean and arouses curiosity

Sørvágsvatn is a stunning lake in the Faroé Islands in Denmark, but it is not all it seems to be.

In the center of an irregular triangle between the top of the Scotlandthe east coast of Iceland and the west of Norway, the Faroé Islands. It is a group of about 750 islands which constitute an autonomous archipelago with 17 inhabited islands. Once belonging to Norway for hundreds of years, the islands are currently part of the kingdom of Denmark.

These islands are situated between the North Atlantic Ocean and the Norway Seathere are no point on any of the islands at more than 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) of the coast. At the top of one of these islands is the Lago Sørvágsvatnwhich seems to be suspended on the busy sea around him.

Sørvagsvatn Lake, also known as Trend or even “The lake above the ocean“, and the largest lake of the Faroé Islandssituated on the island of Vágar.

Many photographs of the lake are taken in order to Opinion that the lake is curing over the oceancreating an optical illusion effect.

In fact, according to, the lake is located only 30 meters above sea level and covers one 3.4 km area².

The perspective is very important, since the lake may seem that it is floating much higher than 30 meters above the ocean. The waterfall of Bøsdalafossur It is part of the lake, allowing the water to flow over the edge of the cliff and reach the sea.

Vágar Island was a important strategic point during World War II. During the British occupation of the Faroé Islands, an aerodrome was built west of the lake, where the British could watch over German war ships.

Currently, visitors can walk to points of view as OPEnhasco de Trælanípa to try firsthand Hypnotizing Illusion of the Lakewhere it seems to turn over the ocean, challenging perception.