Haraldsund

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.6063,Lat: 62.2738
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	6:10:13am
At island	Kunoy
Name province/region	Norðoyar
Name Subregion	Kunoy

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ánirnar	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Kunoy	4 km	NorthWest
3 Árnafjørður	4 km	SouthEast
4 Syðradalur	4.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Húsar	4.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	29 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	734 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	787 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Haraldsund lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km² at a distance of 22.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Kunoy. The distance to the mainland is 412.9 km.

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 51%, hill: 43%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 669 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 42 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Haraldsund in country Faroe-islands

Haraldsund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	409 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	511 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	567 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Haraldsund
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Norðoyar region

Type of weather in Norðoyar region	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 6)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 19 April 2024:	15 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	06:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:02 Europe/Amsterdam