Ljósá

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.0603,Lat: 62.2722
Elevation	92 meter above sea level
Local time	11:31:20am
At island	Eysturoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Eysturoy
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)	Eiði

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Haldórsvík	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Eiði	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Langasandur	4.3 km	South
4 Svínáir	4.9 km	South
5 Tjørnuvík	5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	31 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	739 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	766 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Ljósá lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km² at a distance of 1.1 km in NorthEastern 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): 4%, low location: 31%, hill: 59%, low mountains: 5%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 692 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 26 km in SouthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ljósá in country Faroe-islands

Ljósá 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	420 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	506 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	547 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Eiði

Type of weather in Eiði	light rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	9.4 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 18 April 2025:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	06:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:01 Europe/Amsterdam