Gjógv

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.9427,Lat: 62.3264
Elevation	22 meter above sea level
Local time	22:03:21pm
At island	Eysturoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Streymoy
Wiki-website Kommuna (Kommuna)	Sunda

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Funningur	4.6 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Elduvík	5.1 km	South
3 Oyndarfjørður	7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Eiði	8.5 km	West
5 Hellurnar	8.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	35 km	South
2 Glasgow	Scotland	743 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	769 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Gjógv lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastSouthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km² at a distance of 6.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Eysturoy. The distance to the mainland is 392.9 km.

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 22%, hill: 65%, low mountains: 9%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 687 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 34 km in SouthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gjógv in country Faroe-islands

Gjógv 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	422 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	513 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	549 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gjógv

Type of weather in Gjógv	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 12 October 2026:	10 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	09:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:24 Europe/Amsterdam