Sørvágsvatn, the incredible sloping lake in the Faroe Islands

It seems incredible that in a territory as small as that of the Islas Feroe, the wild archipelago located on the northern limits of the North Sea, always beaten by the wind and waves, there may be a lake as large and spectacular as the Sørvágsvatn Lake, which offers to the eyes of the traveler the appearance of a colossal infinity pool.

Seen from afar, in an elevated position offshore (that's what plane excursions are for) it seems that the lake is inclined towards the ocean and that its contents are gradually spilling through a waterfall. It is, however, an optical illusion, the same that makes us think that the lake is hundreds of meters above sea level when in reality that difference is only 30 meters.

It is the elevation changes, with those steep slopes that surround the lake, that give the Sørvágsvatn its seemingly impossible appearance. There is also some controversy about the name of the lake since the people of the village of Sørvágsvatn insist on baptizing the lake with the name of the town, while in the neighboring towns they prefer to call this lake milkvatn.

If you want to visit this lake and catch this joke that nature plays on us, you have to travel to the Vagar Island, the westernmost of the great islands of the archipelago, which can be accessed by road through a bridge that connects it with the main island. You can also fly to the island's airfield, located a few kilometers from this unique lake.


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