Sørvágur

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.3031,Lat: 62.0749
Elevation	77 meter above sea level
Local time	23:38:17pm
Population	1000 (8th largest city in country)
At island	Vágar
Name province/region (Sysler)	Vágar
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)	Sørvágur

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vatnsoyrar	2.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Bøur	3.8 km	NorthWest
3 Miðvágur	5.8 km	SouthEast
4 Gásadalur	7.9 km	NorthWest
5 Sandavágur	8.4 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	29 km	EastSouthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	720 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	762 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sørvágur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Søvagsvatn (3.2 km² at a distance of 2.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Vágar. The distance to the mainland is 396.5 km.

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 83%, hill: 12%, 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 700 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 1.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sørvágur in country Faroe-islands

Sørvágur 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	409 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	482 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	549 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vágar region

Type of weather in Vágar region	light intensity drizzle rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	14.4 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	987 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 11 December 2025:	5 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	10:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:02 Europe/Amsterdam