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Here you will find a little of the history of several of the islands in the World Heritage Area that are not mentioned on their own pages. The overview below is organized in alphabetical order.

The name Tåvær means "two weather" and is related to the shape of the island . the island has had three households, and was inhabited until 1985.

Søla is a hattbremøy and a special landmark 12 nautical miles west of Vega. The steep mountain rises 432 meters high and fills almost the entire land area of about two by two kilometers. This is the only mountainous island in the Vega Islands.

In recent years, the old homestead has been Store Emårsøy built by Turid Næss and Gisle Ebbesen as Vega Kystgård. They are farmers on Vega and have carried out extensive restoration work on the island .