Sandur

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.8167,Lat: 61.8349
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	19:46:14pm
At island	Sandoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Sandoy
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)	Sandur

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Skarvanes	5.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Skúvoy	7.2 km	South
3 Húsavík	7.7 km	SouthEast
4 Skálavík	8 km	EastSouthEast
5 Skopun	8.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	22 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	688 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	796 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sandur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Sandsvatn (0.6 km² at a distance of 0.7 km in NorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Sandoy. The distance to the mainland is 359.8 km.

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 65%, hill: 31%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 670 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 35 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sandur in country Faroe-islands

Sandur 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	372 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	461 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	585 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sandur

Type of weather in Sandur	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.82 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1032 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 18 May 2025:	17 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	05:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	23:20 Europe/Amsterdam