Svínáir

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.0245,Lat: 62.2309
Elevation	30 meter above sea level
Local time	19:25:27pm
At island	Eysturoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Eysturoy
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)	Eiði

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Langasandur	1.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Norðskáli	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Oyrarbakki	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Streymnes	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Hvalvík	4.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	27 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	734 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	769 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Svínáir lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km² at a distance of 5.7 km in Northern 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: 42%, hill: 55%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 689 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 23 km in SouthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Svínáir in country Faroe-islands

Svínáir 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	415 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	551 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Svínáir
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Svínáir
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

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:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	5 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	10:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:07 Europe/Amsterdam