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west Innan Glyvur faroe-islands north Undir Gøtueiði faroe-islands Skarvanes faroe-islands nearest Søldarfjørður faroe-islands Skopun faroe-islands south Skála faroe-islands east Akrar faroe-islands
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Skipanes

General information - Location

CountryFaroe Islands
Location in country East
Location in Europe North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.7576,Lat: 62.1664 marker
Elevation42 meter above sea level
Local time22:22:08pm
At islandEysturoy
Name province/region (Sysler)Eysturoy
Wiki-website Kommuna (Kommuna)Runavík

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Søldarfjørður0.9 km South
2 Skála1.6 km West
3 Undir Gøtueiði1.7 km NorthNorthWest
4 Syðrugøta2.4 km NorthNorthEast
5 Lambareiði3 km SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TórshavnFaroe-islands16 km SouthSouthWest
2 Glasgow   Scotland724 km South
3 Reykjavík   Iceland785 km NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Skipanes lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km2 at a distance of 19.5 km in NorthWestern 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): 3%, low location: 66%, hill: 30%, low mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bergen Airport, Flesland (at a distance of 674 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 Skipanes in country Faroe-islands


Skipanes at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Skipanes Faroe Islands Location marker for Skipanes

© 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 Ireland402 km SouthSouthEast
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland497 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland567 km NorthWest


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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)




Current weather at Eystur

Type of weather in Eysturovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 4.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: West South West
Air pressure: 1026 mb
Humidity: 79 %
Daylength at 16 October 2026:9 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :09:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :19:11 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Eystur - FO (longitude: -6.7576, latitude: 62.1664)
Distance weather station to place (direction