Saksun

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.1778,Lat: 62.248
Elevation	182 meter above sea level
Local time	8:01:47am
At island	Streymoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Streymoy
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)	Sunda

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tjørnuvík	4.9 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Haldórsvík	5.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Ljósá	6.7 km	East
4 Langasandur	6.8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Eiði	7.3 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	33 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	737 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	761 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Saksun lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km² at a distance of 7.5 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Elevation around place: low location: 22%, hill: 68%, low mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 697 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 21 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saksun in country Faroe-islands

Saksun 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	421 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	502 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	544 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saksun

Type of weather in Saksun	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	6 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	10:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:25 Europe/Amsterdam