Velbastaður

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.8552,Lat: 61.9828
Elevation	29 meter above sea level
Local time	13:56:28pm
At island	Streymoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Streymoy
Wiki-website Subregion (Kommuna)	Tórshavn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hestur	3.4 km	SouthWest
2 Kirkjubøur	4.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Syðradalur	5 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Koltur	6.1 km	WestNorthWest
5 Norðradalur	7.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	7.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	705 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	788 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Velbastaður lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestSouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Sandsvatn (0.6 km² at a distance of 14.2 km in Southern direction).

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 67%, hill: 30%, 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 675 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 24 km in NorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Velbastaður in country Faroe-islands

Velbastaður 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	387 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	476 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	574 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Argir

Type of weather in Argir	light rain
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	20.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 8)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	974 mb
Humidity:	80 %
Daylength at 11 March 2026:	11 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	07:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:16 Europe/Amsterdam