Morskranes

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.8384,Lat: 62.1306
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	22:39:41pm
At island	Eysturoy
Name province/region	Eysturoy
Name Subregion	Sjógv

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kollafjørður	3 km	West
2 Kolbeinagjógv	3.5 km	SouthEast
3 Selatrað	3.9 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Innan Glyvur	4.1 km	East
5 Skála	4.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	12 km	South
2 Glasgow	Scotland	721 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	782 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Morskranes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km² at a distance of 19.8 km in NorthNorthWestern 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): 11%, low location: 43%, hill: 46%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised).
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 677 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 24 km in Western direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Morskranes in country Faroe-islands

Morskranes 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	401 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	493 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	565 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Morskranes
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	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kollafjørður

Type of weather in Kollafjørður	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	16 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	06:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:31 Europe/Amsterdam