Glyvrar

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.724,Lat: 62.1284
Elevation	111 meter above sea level
Local time	13:43:45pm
At island	Eysturoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Eysturoy
Wiki-website Kommuna (Kommuna)	Runavík

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saltangará	1 km	South
2 Lambareiði	1.6 km	North
3 Lamba	1.8 km	NorthEast
4 Runavík	2.2 km	South
5 Innan Glyvur	2.3 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	11 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Glasgow	Scotland	719 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	788 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Glyvrar lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km² at a distance of 23.7 km in NorthNorthWestern 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): 9%, low location: 77%, hill: 14%, 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 671 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 30 km in Western direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Glyvrar in country Faroe-islands

Glyvrar 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	397 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	494 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	571 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Runavík

Type of weather in Runavík	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1032 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 17 October 2026:	9 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	09:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:08 Europe/Amsterdam