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General information - Location

CountryFaroe Islands
Location in country East
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.5143,Lat: 62.2771 marker
Elevation73 meter above sea level
Local time13:30:37pm
At islandBorðoy
Name Norðoyar
Name Hvannasund

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Hvannasund2 km NorthNorthEast
2 Norðdepil2.2 km North
3 Árnafjørður2.6 km SouthWest
4 Ánirnar4.1 km WestSouthWest
5 Haraldsund4.8 km West

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TórshavnFaroe-islands31 km SouthWest
2 Glasgow   Scotland733 km South
3 Reykjavík   Iceland792 km NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Norðtoftir lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km2 at a distance of 27.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Borðoy. The distance to the mainland is 403.1 km.


Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 55%, hill: 41%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 665 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 47 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Climate

Location of Norðtoftir in country Faroe-islands


Norðtoftir 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 Ireland407 km SouthSouthEast
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland512 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland571 km NorthWest


Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)



Webcams (Within 20km)

Name webcam: Kirkja › North-West: Norðoyar

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2022-08-13 14:16:28
Placename webcam: Kirkja - Norðoyar region - Faroe Islands
Bings maps Kirkja

Name webcam: Kirkja › South-East: Norðoyar

Current time

Local time screenshot during the day :2022-08-13 14:25:05
Placename webcam: Kirkja - Norðoyar region - Faroe Islands
Bings maps Kirkja

Name webcam: Svinoy › North-East

Current time

Current weather at Norðoyar region

Type of weather in Norðoyar regionscattered clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 5.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: South South West
Air pressure: 1018 mb
Humidity: 87 %
Daylength at 13 August 2022:16 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :06:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :22:39 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming hours

Norðoyar region - FO (longitude: -6.5143, latitude: 62.2771)
Distance weather station to place (direction N): 0.01 Kilometers

17:00
12 degrees
1017 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon		20:00
11 degrees
1016 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon		23:00
11 degrees
1015 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon		2:00
11 degrees
1013 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon		5:00
11 degrees
1012 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
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