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west Árnafjørður faroe-islands north Trøllanes faroe-islands Vestmanna faroe-islands nearest Múli faroe-islands Víkarbyrgi faroe-islands south Múli faroe-islands east Norðdepil faroe-islands
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Viðareiði

General information - Location

CountryFaroe Islands
Location in country East
Location in Europe North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: -6.5355,Lat: 62.3602 marker
Elevation124 meter above sea level
Local time12:17:02pm
At islandViðoy
Name province/region (Sysler)Norðoyar
Wiki-website Kommuna (Kommuna)Viðareiði

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Múli2.6 km West
2 Norðdepil7.2 km South
3 Hvannasund7.3 km South
4 Norðtoftir9.3 km South
5 Kunoy10.2 km WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 TórshavnFaroe-islands39 km SouthSouthWest
2 Glasgow   Scotland742 km South
3 Reykjavík   Iceland787 km NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Viðareiði lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction WestNorthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Eiðisvatn (0.9 km2 at a distance of 27.6 km in Western direction).The place is located at an island named Viðoy. The distance to the mainland is 414 km.


Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 56%, hill: 40%, low mountains: 1%, 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 668 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vágar Airport (at a distance of 51 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Viðareiði in country Faroe-islands


Viðareiði at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Viðareiði Faroe Islands Location marker for Viðareiði

© 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 Ireland415 km SouthSouthEast
2 St KildaUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland521 km SouthSouthWest
3 Vatnajökull National Park - Dynamic Nature of Fire and IceIceland566 km NorthWest


Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Norðoyar region

Type of weather in Norðoyar regionovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 8.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction: South
Air pressure: 1004 mb
Humidity: 98 %
Daylength at 7 August 2026:16 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :22:58 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Norðoyar region - FO (longitude: -6.5355, latitude: 62.3602)
Distance weather station to place (direction