Akrar

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.7575,Lat: 61.4563
Elevation	75 meter above sea level
Local time	20:31:23pm
At island	Suðuroy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Suðuroy
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)	Sumba

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lopra	1.6 km	SouthWest
2 Nes	1.7 km	North
3 Víkarbyrgi	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Porkeri	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Vágur	3.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	64 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	647 km	South
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	767 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Akrar lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Sandsvatn (0.6 km² at a distance of 42.9 km in Northern direction).The place is located at an island named Suðuroy. The distance to the mainland is 321.3 km.

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 78%, hill: 18%, 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 Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 636 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 73 km in Northern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Akrar in country Faroe-islands

Akrar 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	336 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	420 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	612 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kráir

Type of weather in Kráir	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.37 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1031 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 18 May 2025:	17 hour and 47 minutes
Sunrise :	05:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:17 Europe/Amsterdam