Mugeary of Portree, the island of Skye's main town, Mugeary is about double this distance away by road. There is a track across the "Bealach Mòr" (English: big pass) to the north of Stròc-bheinn which leads to the forestry plantation above the main A87 road south of Portree. According to the Skye and Lochalsh Local Plan of 2007 the Glenmore valley has potential both for further afforestation and also wind power developments in the vicinity of Mugeary. To the south the landscape is dominated by the forestry plantation of Glen Tungadal through which flows the upper reaches of the River Snizort,
Vadsø (town) from the island Vadsøya, since that was the original townsite. The Old Norse form of the name was "Vatnsøy". The first element is the genitive case of "vatn" which means "water" and the last element is "øy" which means "island". Therefore the meaning of the name is "the island with drinking water". The European route E75 highway goes through the town. The Hurtigruten coastal express boats regularly stop at the pier on Vadsøya island in the town. Vadsø Airport is located just east of the town in the village of Kiby. The newspaper "Varangeren" was published in Vadsø from 2007