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General information - Location

CountryFaroe Islands
Location in country Southeast
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.776,Lat: 62.0439 marker
Elevation65 meter above sea level
Local time5:00:04am
At islandStreymoy
Name province/regionStreymoy
Name SubregionTórshavn

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Tórshavn2.2 km SouthSouthEast
2 Kaldbak3.4 km NorthWest
3 Sund3.9 km WestNorthWest
4 Nes4.8 km NorthEast
5 Toftir5.1 km NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TórshavnFaroe-islands2.2 km SouthSouthEast
2 Glasgow   Scotland710 km South
3 Reykjavík   Iceland789 km NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hvítanes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Sandsvatn (0.6 km2 at a distance of 21.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).


Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 75%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 672 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 26 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Hvítanes in country Faroe-islands


Hvítanes at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland391 km SouthSouthEast
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland484 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland573 km NorthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Hvítanes

Type of weather in Hvítanesovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 16.86 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction: North East
Air pressure: 989 mb
Humidity: 73 %
Daylength at 29 March 2024:13 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :06:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :20:05 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Hvítanes - FO (longitude: -6.776, latitude: 62.0439)
Distance weather station to place (direction WZW): 0 Kilometers

7:00
4 degrees
988 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
10:00
3 degrees
986 mbar
light snowweericoon
13:00
4 degrees
982 mbar
snowweericoon
16:00
6 degrees
982 mbar
moderate rainweericoon
19:00
7 degrees
984 mbar
light rainweericoon
22:00
7 degrees
986 mbar
light rainweericoon
1:00
6 degrees
988 mbar
light rainweericoon
4:00
6 degrees
989 mbar
light rainweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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