Saltangará
in Runavík of Eysturoyar sýsla, Faroe Islands

How to get there and get around
Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
62.116 and -6.718 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 62° 6' 59" and W -6° 43' 4"
Currency and Currency Code:
Krone - DKK
Spoken languages:
Faroese, Danish
Local electricity:
230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
Local Time: 01:31 PM (Thursday)
Timezone: Atlantic/Faroe
UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
5:57 am and 7:05 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
-46.583 and 169.417 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Tautuku
References
This place on Wikipedia
This place on Geonames.org

Discover Saltangará

Saltangará in Runavík (Eysturoyar sýsla) with it's 799 citizens is a place in Faroe Islands a little north of Torshavn, the country's capital city.

Current time in Saltangará is now 01:31 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Atlantic / Faroe with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 1 airports near Saltangará. The closest airport in Faroe Islands is Vagar Airport in a distance of 18 mi (or 30 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).

While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Eystur, Torshavn, Fuglafjordur, Klaksvik and Kunoy. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 6°C / 44 °F

Morning Temperature 5°C / 41 °F
Evening Temperature 5°C / 42 °F
Night Temperature 4°C / 40 °F
Chance of rainfall 2%
Air Humidity 90%
Air Pressure 990 hPa
Wind Speed Gale with 33 km/h (21 mph) from South-West
Cloud Conditions Overcast clouds, covering 99% of sky
General Conditions Rain and snow

Friday, 29th of March 2024

4°C (39 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Rain and snow, gale, overcast clouds.

Saturday, 30th of March 2024

7°C (45 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Light rain, strong breeze, scattered clouds.

Sunday, 31st of March 2024

7°C (44 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, broken clouds.

Videos from this area

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Takeoff Capodichino Napoli airport over the city. Fantastic view close to the Fantastic city.

Published: May 25, 2013
Length: 10:16 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Simulation and Aviation

This is a departure over the city of Napoli. A fantastic city and the view is formidable. Really hope you enjoy the videoes in and out of Napoli. You are more than welcome to share, use, subscribe...


DJI Phantom and the Cruise ship in Torshavn Faroe Islands

Published: June 27, 2013
Length: 51:24 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Simulation and Aviation

TORSHAVN - FAROE ISLANDS A nice day in the Harbour. A cruise ship and the local ferry to the southern Islands filmed from above. One of the many very nice days with cruise guests in the FAroe...


Fly in to Napoli 25th May in the Cockpit Landing towards the South West. RWY 24

Published: May 25, 2013
Length: 24:15 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Simulation and Aviation

Very nice flight over the City of Napoli. Landing towards the South west. A wonderfull city. Love Napoli :) You are welcome to comment and welcome to subscribe, share and like the video. Enjoy...


Cockpit Time Lapse / flight in and out of Reykjavik airport BIRK [ HD ] ICELAND

Published: April 18, 2013
Length: 18:28 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Simulation and Aviation

COCKPIT VIDEO Timelapse Remember to watch all videos in [ HD ] In and out of Reykjavik Airport. Join our FB group. SIMULATION and AVIATION A fantastic option with the GoPro is the Timelapse...


HD COCKPIT Approach Norway Long and fsntsstic Approach. AMAZING scenery

Published: June 24, 2013
Length: 11:57 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Simulation and Aviation

VISIT NORWAY FROM THE COCKPIT. The front Office. Amazing view. A MUST SEE and SHARE From an empty flight in to Stavanger. A very long radar vectoring but an AMAZING view. What a fantastic ...


PILOTS VIEW GIRONA Departure 4th of August to Copenhagen

Published: August 05, 2013
Length: 11:35 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Simulation and Aviation

GERONA Departure over Costa Brava Fantastic view over the Spanish coast of Costa Brava. You can see al the nice holiday cities along the coast. Enjoy this very nice flight. Flown by an RJ100...


Cockpit - AVRO Rj100 Takeoff Rwy 01 Reykjavik Iceland visual Fantastic view

Published: August 12, 2013
Length: 20:40 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Simulation and Aviation

REYKJAVIK AIRPORT COCKPIT view new angle. Amazing view, Start up sequence, and taxi out. Takeoff and visual right turn towards the Faroe Islands. Amazing view of Reykjavik city. Iceland is...


DJI Phantom WARNING !!! CAUTION part 2

Published: August 26, 2013
Length: 18:04 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Simulation and Aviation

DJI Phantom snags, malfunctions. tricks, CAA UPDATE Part 2 I had to make this Video after a trip to the emergency room and a Phantom who went crazy on me. Be caredull aout there my Phantom...


KORSIKA - CORSE - CORSICA from the Cockpit. Day of Tour de France start. Fantastic view 1

Published: July 02, 2013
Length: 51:59 min
Rating: 5 of 5
Author: Simulation and Aviation

KORSIKA - CORSICA - CORSE Bastia Airport Welcome to the Cockpit. A fantastic view of the beautyfull Island of Corsica on the start day of Tour de France. 24 degrees and nice weather. A must...


A Must see ! DUBROVNIK Amazing Cockpit view approach with a nice landing and taxy to Parking

Published: June 04, 2013
Length: 50:16 min
Rating: 4 of 5
Author: Simulation and Aviation

COCKPIT view into Dubrovnik. Fantastic view and weather. This is a fantastic holiday place. The Approach really shows the mountainious terrain to the east and the very nice sea to the west....


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Attractions and noteworthy things

Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.

Lamba (Faroe Islands)

Lamba, is a small village in the bottom of the inlet Lambavík on the East coast of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands. There are similarly named places, Lamba in Shetland and Lambay in Ireland.

Located at 62.1425, -6.70222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Populated places in the Faroe Islands

Runavík

Runavík is a comparatively urbanised village in the Faroe Islands. It lies on the south half of the isle of Eysturoy. The municipality of the same name incorporates 14 settlements including Æðuvík, Rituvík, Saltangará, Glyvrar, Lambi, Lambareiði, Søldarfjørður, Skipanes, Skáli, Skálafjørður, Funningsfjørður, Funningur, Elduvík and Oyndarfjørður which together form a long, narrow residential conurbation over 10 kilometre long following the east bank Skálafjørður.

Located at 62.1156, -6.72222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Populated places in the Faroe Islands, Ports and harbours of the Faroe Islands

Svangaskarð

Svangaskarð is a multi-purpose stadium in Toftir, Faroe Islands with two football fields and a sports arena for athletics around the lower field. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 6,000 people. It was the sole home ground of the Faroe Islands national football team from 1991 and until the Tórsvøllur Stadium was built in the capital Tórshavn in 1999 and is still occasionally used for international football matches.

Located at 62.0997, -6.73611 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Football venues in the Faroe Islands, Athletics (track and field) venues in the Faroe Islands, Multi-purpose stadiums

Runavík Stadium

Runavík Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Runavík, Faroe Islands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of NSÍ Runavík. The stadium holds 2,000 people.

Located at 62.1058, -6.72333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Football venues in the Faroe Islands

Saltangará

Saltangará (population 764) was founded in 1846 and is situated on the eastern side of Eysturoy Skalafjordur-inlet between Rituvík and Søldarfjørður. The name is derived from three words: angar comes from the Old Norse angr which means a fjord or bay; á means a stream; and salt has the same meaning in Faroese, Icelandic and English.

Located at 62.1167, -6.71667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Populated places in the Faroe Islands

Lambareiði

Lambareiði is a village on the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the Runavíkar municipality. The 2005 population was 7. Its postal code is FO 626.

Located at 62.1333, -6.71667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Populated places in the Faroe Islands

Skálafjørður

Skálafjørður, also known as Kongshavn (King's harbour) is a fjord (ford) in Eysturoy. It is the largest fjord in the

Located at 62.138, -6.746 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Fjords of the Faroe Islands

Eystur

Eystur kommuna is a municipality (kommuna) in the Faroe Islands. Eystur means East. In Faroese it is called Eystur Kommuna (East Municipality). It covers a part of the island of Eysturoy. The municipality was created on 1 January 2009 from the merger of Leirvík and Gøta municipalities. It includes the villages of Leirvík, Norðragøta, Gøtueiði, Gøtugjógv and Syðrugøta, as well as other small settlements.

Located at 62.1156, -6.72222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Municipalities of the Faroe Islands

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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Heiðarnar, Saltangeraa, Saltangerå, Saltangará