Toftir

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.7353,Lat: 62.0846
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	9:03:38am
Population	1000 (10th largest city in country)
At island	Eysturoy
Name province/region	Eysturoy
Name Subregion	Nes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nes	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Saltnes	2.2 km	North
3 Æðuvík	2.7 km	SouthEast
4 Runavík	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Strendur	2.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	6.5 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	714 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	789 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Toftir lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Sandsvatn (0.6 km² at a distance of 25.9 km in SouthSouthWestern 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): 14%, low location: 86%, 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 28 km in Western direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Toftir in country Faroe-islands

Toftir 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	394 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	489 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	573 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Toftir
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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	moderate rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	15.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1000 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	16 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:30 Europe/Amsterdam