Elevation of Koltur, Streymoy, Faroe Islands
Koltur, Streymoy, Faroe Islands is 98 m (322 ft) above sea level.
Koltur's height from sea level is 98 metres, or 322 feet. GeoNames reads 1 m at the same point (SRTM).
Ground within 4 km
Mean 6 m across the 7.5 km square centred on the town, 226 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Koltur
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 21.1 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Koltur; the vertical scale is the same on both.
Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.
Towns near Koltur
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hestur | 6.4 km | SE | 0 m (0 ft) | −98 m |
| Velbastaður | 6.8 km | E | 117 m (384 ft) | +19 m |
| Sund (Tórshavn) | 9.4 km | NE | 24 m (79 ft) | −74 m |
| Kirkjubøur | 10.4 km | SE | 207 m (679 ft) | +109 m |
| Hvítanes (Tórshavn) | 11.4 km | E | 15 m (49 ft) | −83 m |
Peaks and passes near Koltur
- Sornfelli, peak at 749 m (2,457 ft), 8.5 km to the N — 651 m above the town.
- Tungulfjall, peak at 532 m (1,745 ft), 6.7 km to the NE — 434 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Koltur is
Latitude 61.9909806, longitude -6.9812845. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
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About this reading
The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Koltur's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 1 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep.