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west Oyri faroe-islands north Nólsoy faroe-islands Kollafjørður faroe-islands nearest Syðradalur faroe-islands Kunoy faroe-islands south Velbastaður faroe-islands east Funningur faroe-islands
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Koltur

General information - Location

CountryFaroe Islands
Location in country South
Location in Europe North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.9706,Lat: 61.9891 marker
Elevation1 meter above sea level
Local time13:42:58pm
At islandKoltur
Name province/region (Sysler)Streymoy
Wiki-website Kommuna (Kommuna)Tórshavn

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Syðradalur4.5 km EastNorthEast
2 Hestur5.9 km SouthEast
3 Velbastaður6.1 km EastSouthEast
4 Norðradalur6.2 km NorthEast
5 Sund9.2 km EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TórshavnFaroe-islands12 km East
2 Glasgow   Scotland707 km South
3 Reykjavík   Iceland782 km NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Koltur lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction EastNorthEast). The nearest bigger lake is Søvagsvatn (3.2 km2 at a distance of 14.1 km in NorthWestern direction).The place is located at an island named Koltur. The distance to the mainland is 387.7 km.


Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 51%, hill: 29%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 681 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 18 km in NorthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Koltur in country Faroe-islands


Koltur at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Koltur Faroe Islands Location marker for Koltur

© GTOPO30 DEM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic OrkneyUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland391 km SouthSouthEast
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland476 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland568 km NorthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Faroe Islands

Type of weather in Faroe Islandsovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 5.14 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: West
Air pressure: 1032 mb
Humidity: 87 %
Daylength at 17 October 2026:9 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :09:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:09 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Faroe Islands - FO (longitude: -6.9706, latitude: 61.9891)
Distance weather station to place (direction