Hvítanes

General information - Location

Country	Faroe Islands
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.776,Lat: 62.0439
Elevation	65 meter above sea level
Local time	22:23:34pm
At island	Streymoy
Name province/region (Sysler)	Streymoy
Wiki-website Kommuna (Kommuna)	Tórshavn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Kaldbak	3.4 km	NorthWest
3 Sund	3.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Nes	4.8 km	NorthEast
5 Toftir	5.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Glasgow	Scotland	710 km	South
3 Reykjavík	Iceland	789 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Hvítanes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction East). The nearest bigger lake is Sandsvatn (0.6 km² at a distance of 21.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 75%, hill: 11%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 672 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 26 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hvítanes in country Faroe-islands

Hvítanes 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	391 km	SouthSouthEast
2 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	484 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and Ice	Iceland	573 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Hoyvík

Type of weather in Hoyvík	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 12 October 2026:	10 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	09:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:24 Europe/Amsterdam