Funningur

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.9663,Lat: 62.2871
Elevation	186 meter above sea level
Local time	18:47:22pm
At island	Eysturoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Eysturoy
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)	Runavík

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Elduvík	3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Gjógv	4.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Ljósá	5.2 km	West
4 Funningsfjørður	5.8 km	South
5 Oyndarfjørður	6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	31 km	South
2 Glasgow	Scotland	739 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	770 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Funningur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km² at a distance of 3.9 km in WestNorthWestern 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: 21%, hill: 71%, low mountains: 7%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 688 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 30 km in SouthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Funningur in country Faroe-islands

Funningur 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	419 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	508 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	551 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gjógv

Type of weather in Gjógv	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	993 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 13 January 2026:	5 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	10:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:33 Europe/Amsterdam