Official Name: | Vogar |
Native Name: | Vogar |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Iceland |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Iceland |
Coordinates: | 63.9667°N -44°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iceland |
Subdivision Type1: | Constituency |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name1: | South Constituency |
Subdivision Name2: | Southern Peninsula[1] |
Subdivision Name3: | Vogar |
Leader Title: | President of the town council[2] |
Leader Name: | Björn G. Sæbjörnsson[3] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Total: | 1,331 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | GMT |
Utc Offset: | +0 |
Vogar (pronounced as /is/) is a small town in the southwest of Iceland. It is the seat of the municipality of Vogar (Sveitarfélagið Vogar).[4] There is a highly automated atmospheric gas extraction plant in the town,[5] with the oxygen produced being the only local source for Iceland's healthcare use.[6] The town also has a fish roe incubation centre for Atlantic salmon.[7]
The population of the municipality of Vogar was almost 1400 as of 2023.[4]