Saltangará

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.7175,Lat: 62.12
Elevation	102 meter above sea level
Local time	16:47:23pm
At island	Eysturoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Eysturoy
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)	Runavík

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Glyvrar	1 km	North
2 Runavík	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Saltnes	2.2 km	SouthWest
4 Rituvík	2.3 km	SouthEast
5 Lambareiði	2.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	11 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	718 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	788 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Saltangará lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km² at a distance of 24.6 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): 9%, low location: 81%, hill: 10%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 30 km in Western direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saltangará in country Faroe-islands

Saltangará 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	396 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	493 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	571 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Runavík

Type of weather in Runavík	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	66 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	6 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	09:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:29 Europe/Amsterdam