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General information - Location

CountryFaroe Islands
Location in country Northeast
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.9427,Lat: 62.3264 marker
Elevation22 meter above sea level
Local time10:57:47am
At islandEysturoy
Name province/regionStreymoy
Name SubregionSunda

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Funningur4.6 km SouthSouthWest
2 Elduvík5.1 km South
3 Oyndarfjørður7 km SouthSouthEast
4 Eiði8.5 km West
5 Hellurnar8.6 km SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TórshavnFaroe-islands35 km South
2 Glasgow   Scotland743 km South
3 Reykjavík   Iceland769 km NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gjógv lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km2 at a distance of 6.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Eysturoy. The distance to the mainland is 392.9 km.


Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 22%, hill: 65%, low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 687 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 34 km in SouthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Gjógv in country Faroe-islands


Gjógv at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland422 km SouthSouthEast
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland513 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland549 km NorthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Gjógv

Type of weather in Gjógvlight rain weericoon
Current temperature: 4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 18.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 8)
Wind direction: North North East
Air pressure: 986 mb
Humidity: 97 %
Daylength at 29 March 2024:13 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :06:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:06 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Gjógv - FO (longitude: -6.9427, latitude: 62.3264)
Distance weather station to place (direction ONO): 0 Kilometers

13:00
3 degrees
984 mbar
snowweericoon
16:00
2 degrees
983 mbar
snowweericoon
19:00
4 degrees
983 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
22:00
4 degrees
985 mbar
light rainweericoon
1:00
4 degrees
987 mbar
light rainweericoon
4:00
4 degrees
988 mbar
light rainweericoon
7:00
4 degrees
990 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
10:00
4 degrees
992 mbar
light rainweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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