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General information - Location

CountryFaroe Islands
Location in country South
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.7533,Lat: 61.508 marker
Elevation16 meter above sea level
Local time12:55:14pm
At islandSuðuroy
Name Suðuroy
Name Hov

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Porkeri2.8 km South
2 Øravík4.1 km NorthWest
3 Nes4.1 km SouthSouthWest
4 Froðba4.3 km North
5 Vágur4.9 km SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TórshavnFaroe-islands58 km NorthNorthEast
2 Glasgow   Scotland652 km South
3 Belfast   Northern-ireland773 km South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hov lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Sandsvatn (0.6 km2 at a distance of 37.2 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): 8%, low location: 64%, hill: 28%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Glasgow International Airport (at a distance of 642 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 68 km in Northern direction).

Climate

Location of Hov in country Faroe-islands


Hov at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland341 km SouthSouthEast
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland426 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland609 km NorthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)



Webcams (Within 20km)

Name webcam: Porkeri: Suðuroy

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2022-08-13 12:58:32
Placename webcam: Porkeri - Suðuroy region - Faroe Islands
Bings maps Porkeri

Name webcam: Sumba › North-East: Akraberg Lighthouse

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2022-08-13 13:25:10
Placename webcam: Sumba - Suðuroy region - Faroe Islands
Bings maps Sumba

Name webcam: Sumba: Akraberg

Current time

Current weather at Suðuroy region

Type of weather in Suðuroy regionscattered clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 4.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: South West
Air pressure: 1019 mb
Humidity: 91 %
Daylength at 13 August 2022:16 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :06:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :22:35 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming hours

Suðuroy region - FO (longitude: -6.7533, latitude: 61.508)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZW): 0 Kilometers

14:00
11 degrees
1019 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon		17:00
11 degrees
1018 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon		20:00
11 degrees
1017 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon		23:00
11 degrees
1015 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon		2:00
11 degrees
1014 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
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