Mother Nature’s Infinity Pool
Lake Sørvágsvatn is the largest in the Faroe Islands and sometimes makes visitors question their perspective because of an optical illusion that makes the body of water appear to “float” above the ocean.
Located on Vágar, one of the 18 islands that makes up the self-governing Danish archipelago - located in the North Atlantic between Iceland and Scotland - the 1.31 square mile (3.4 sq. km) lake sits relatively calmly among the rolling green hills that lead down to dramatic rock formations carved over millennia. But catch the angle just right and you’ll immediately understand why the site has been dubbed “the lake above the ocean.”
Literally speaking, that nickname might be correct since the lake's waters do flow out to the Atlantic Ocean. What’s so mind-boggling is that the way the viewpoint comes together to make it appear as though Lake Sørvágsvatn, also known as Leitisvatn, is truly hovering above the sea.
At the end of the lake is a 98.4-feet-high waterfall called Bøsdalafossur running over the edge to the Atlantic Ocean, almost like nature’s version of an infinity pool. Adding to the drama is the sea stack Geituskoradrangur that can also be seen from the same side as the falls.
