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Skopun

west Kollafjørður faroe-islands north Kirkjubøur faroe-islands Skipanes faroe-islands nearest Hestur faroe-islands Skúvoy faroe-islands south Sandur faroe-islands east Hestur faroe-islands



Skopun

General information - Location

CountryFaroe Islands
Location in country South
Location in EuropeNorth Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.8846,Lat: 61.9039 marker
Elevation110 meter above sea level
Local time13:22:14pm
At islandSandoy
Name province/region (Sysler)Sandoy
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)Skopun

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Hestur5.8 km NorthNorthEast
2 Kirkjubøur7.4 km NorthEast
3 Sandur8.5 km South
4 Velbastaður9 km NorthNorthEast
5 Koltur10.5 km North

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TórshavnFaroe-islands16 km NorthEast
2 Glasgow   Scotland697 km South
3 Reykjavík   Iceland790 km NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Skopun lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Sandsvatn (0.6 km2 at a distance of 6.2 km in SouthSouthEastern 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): 3%, low location: 53%, hill: 44%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 675 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 27 km in NorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Skopun in country Faroe-islands


Skopun at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland381 km SouthSouthEast
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland467 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland577 km NorthWest


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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 Sandurscattered clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 4.78 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: EastcNorth East
Air pressure: 999 mb
Humidity: 77 %
Daylength at 24 June 2025:19 hour and 41 minutes
Sunrise :04:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :00:20 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Sandur - FO (longitude: -6.8846, latitude: 61.9039)
Distance weather station to place (direction NNW): 0.01 Kilometers

17:00
12 degrees
1001 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
20:00
10 degrees
1003 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
23:00
9 degrees
1004 mbar
clear skyweericoon
2:00
9 degrees
1004 mbar
clear skyweericoon
5:00
10 degrees
1004 mbar
clear skyweericoon
8:00
10 degrees
1005 mbar
scattered cloudsweericoon
11:00
10 degrees
1004 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon
14:00
10 degrees
1004 mbar
overcast cloudsweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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