Miðvágur

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.2012,Lat: 62.0543
Elevation	126 meter above sea level
Local time	8:30:34am
Population	1000 (7th largest city in country)
At island	Vágar
Name province/region (Sysler)	Vágar
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)	Vága

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sandavágur	2.9 km	East
2 Vatnsoyrar	3.4 km	NorthWest
3 Sørvágur	5.8 km	NorthWest
4 Bøur	9.6 km	NorthWest
5 Kvívík	10.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	24 km	EastSouthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	717 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	768 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Miðvágur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction SouthSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Søvagsvatn (3.2 km² at a distance of 1.5 km in WestSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Vágar. The distance to the mainland is 396.5 km.

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 74%, hill: 22%, 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 694 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 4.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Miðvágur in country Faroe-islands

Miðvágur 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	404 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	480 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	554 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Miðvágur
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Miðvágur
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Miðvágur

Type of weather in Miðvágur	light rain
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	972 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 25 January 2025:	6 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	10:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:09 Europe/Amsterdam