Runavík

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.7217,Lat: 62.1084
Elevation	103 meter above sea level
Local time	11:36:13am
At island	Eysturoy
Name province/region	Eysturoy
Name Subregion	Runavík

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saltnes	1.1 km	West
2 Saltangará	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Rituvík	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
4 Strendur	2.2 km	West
5 Glyvrar	2.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	9.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	717 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	789 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Runavík lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km² at a distance of 25.4 km in NorthNorthWestern 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): 10%, low location: 83%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 671 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 29 km in Western direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Runavík in country Faroe-islands

Runavík 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	395 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	491 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	572 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Runavík
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Filming Location	IMDB Runavík
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	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Runavík

Type of weather in Runavík	light rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	16 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	05:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:50 Europe/Amsterdam