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Vágsfjørður

Vágsfjørður is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Vágsfjørður rather than just read about it. In short: 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.

Key takeaways

Vágsfjørður belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Vágsfjørður to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Vágsfjørður from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

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.

The Harbour of Vágur

Vágs Havn is the harbour of Vágur. The fjord is 10–15 metres deep where the harbour is. The municipality of Vágur dredged it deeper in 2004, which was a big investment. There are fish factories in the harbour. There is also a ferry port, where the ferry MS Smyril used to sail to a few times every week, now it only comes to Vágur once every three weeks in order to bunker (refuel) from the Vágsverkið of SEV, which is on the south side of the fjord. When the ferry comes to bunker, Smyril first arrives to the port at the northern side in order to let people and cars on shore, after that the ferry sails across the fjord to bunker. After the bunkering, the ferry sails across the fjord again in order to take passengers and cars and cargo on board. Smyril's port in Suðuroy is on Krambatangi in Tvøroyri municipality since the arrival of the current ferry in 2005. In 2015 the harbour of Vágur was used by ships from the oil industry in Norway, a supply ship and a research and survey vessel, while waiting for new tasks.

Vágsverkið Vágsverkið, also called SEV-verkið, was built in 1982 by SEV. It is a 13 MW HFO-diesel power plant that produces electricity only for the island of Suðuroy along with the 3.3 MW hydro electric power plant in Botnur, the 6.3 MW Porkeri wind turbines and the reserve diesel power plant in Trongisvágur.

Photos

References

Visitsuduroy.fo Archived 2016-03-25 at the Wayback Machine Vagur.fo Archived 2011-10-09 at the Wayback Machine SSL.fo

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Vágsfjørður

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Vágsfjørður claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Vágsfjørður before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Vágsfjørður ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Vágsfjørður

In research: Vágsfjørður appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Vágsfjørður in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Vágsfjørður is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Faroe Islands geography stubs, Fjord stubs, Fjords of the Faroe Islands, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Vágsfjørður outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Vágsfjørður in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Vágsfjørður means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Vágsfjørður in simple terms?

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.

Why does Vágsfjørður matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Vágsfjørður?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Vágsfjørður.