Is there a lake over an ocean?

The surprising lake of Sørvágsvatn, in the Faroe Islands (Denmark). In the Faroe Islands, an archipelago located halfway between Scotland and Iceland that is part of the territory of Denmark, there is a lake of over three square kilometers that seems to hang over the ocean.



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