Skælingur

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.0071,Lat: 62.0952
Elevation	51 meter above sea level
Local time	9:44:40am
At island	Streymoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Streymoy
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)	Kvívík

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oyrareingir	3.2 km	East
2 Stykkið	3.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Leynar	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Signabøur	4.6 km	East
5 Kvívík	4.7 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	15 km	SouthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	719 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	776 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Skælingur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Søvagsvatn (3.2 km² at a distance of 12.6 km in Western direction).

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 48%, hill: 47%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 685 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 15 km in Western direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Skælingur in country Faroe-islands

Skælingur 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	402 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	487 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	560 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Streymoy region

Type of weather in Streymoy region	drizzle rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1004 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 25 June 2025:	19 hour and 46 minutes
Sunrise :	04:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	00:23 Europe/Amsterdam