Elevation of towns in Faroe Islands

100 towns in Faroe Islands have a reading on the GMTED2010 grid. The highest is Norðragøta (Syðra Eysturoy) at 423 m (1,388 ft); the lowest is Stóra Dímun (Sandoy) at 0 m (0 ft). Half of the towns sit above 96 m (the mean is 126 m). 17 more places are on file with a coordinate that is not their own; they are named at the foot of this page and have no page of their own.

Highest towns in Faroe Islands

#	Town	Elevation
1	Norðragøta Syðra Eysturoy	423 m (1,388 ft)
2	Saksun Streymoy	410 m (1,345 ft)
3	Vágur Suðuroy	408 m (1,339 ft)
4	Klaksvík Klaksvík	384 m (1,260 ft)
5	Norðoyri Klaksvík	384 m (1,260 ft)
6	Lambareiði Syðra Eysturoy	376 m (1,234 ft)
7	Syðradalur Tórshavn	333 m (1,093 ft)
8	Selatrað Syðra Eysturoy	331 m (1,086 ft)
9	Oyndarfjørður Norðara Eysturoy	321 m (1,053 ft)
10	Lambi Syðra Eysturoy	315 m (1,033 ft)

Lowest towns in Faroe Islands

#	Town	Elevation
1	Stóra Dímun Sandoy	0 m (0 ft)
2	Mykines Vága	0 m (0 ft)
3	Múli Klaksvík	0 m (0 ft)
4	Leirvík Syðra Eysturoy	0 m (0 ft)
5	Húsar Norðoy	0 m (0 ft)
6	Hestur Streymoy	0 m (0 ft)
7	Hellur Syðra Eysturoy	0 m (0 ft)
8	Gjógv Norðara Eysturoy	0 m (0 ft)
9	Akrar Suðuroy	0 m (0 ft)
10	Kunoy Norðoy	1 m (3 ft)

Regions of Faroe Islands

Region	Towns	Mean	Highest town	Lowest town
Klaksvík	3	256 m	Klaksvík 384 m	Múli 0 m
Norðara Eysturoy	11	91 m	Oyndarfjørður 321 m	Gjógv 0 m
Norðoy	10	70 m	Mikladalur 249 m	Húsar 0 m
Sandoy	7	164 m	Skarvanes 278 m	Stóra Dímun 0 m
Streymoy	16	157 m	Saksun 410 m	Hestur 0 m
Suðuroy	15	125 m	Vágur 408 m	Akrar 0 m
Syðra Eysturoy	26	124 m	Norðragøta 423 m	Leirvík 0 m
Tórshavn	8	131 m	Syðradalur 333 m	Hvítanes 15 m
Vága	4	90 m	Sandur 226 m	Mykines 0 m

All towns in Faroe Islands

Also on file in Faroe Islands

Recorded with a coordinate that is not the town's own - a district's point shared by several places, or a same-named place in another country - so the grid cannot say how high each one is and they have no page.

Ánirnar, Árnafjørður, Depil, Hvannasund, Norðdepil, Norðtoftir, Bøur, Gásadalur, Sørvágur, Vatnsoyrar, Hoyvík, Kaldbak, Kaldbaksbotnur, Norðradalur, Langasandur, Skælingur, Válur.