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Saltangará score: 14/100 (Low) Updated September 27, 2026

Is Saltangará safe? Faroe Islands travel risk

Is Saltangará safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026

Saltangará scores 14/100 on our travel risk index (Low). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.

Saltangará scores 14/100 (Low). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Faroe Islands (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Saltangará: nearest emergency and transport facilities.

Driven by: security (12/100) and health and medical access (18/100).

A score of 14 is higher than the scores of 1% of the 241 countries we cover.

Consult the Faroe Islands travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.

Location & Spatial Data

Saltangará belongs to Runavík (Faroe Islands), centered at coordinates 62.1156° N, 6.7206° W (101 m above sea level). Distance to the capital is cataloged regionally.

Region
Runavík
Coordinates
62.1156° N, 6.7206° W
Elevation
101 m
Time Zone
Atlantic/Faroe
Population
1,116
Nearest city with evaluated safety score: Glasgow (709.6 km SSE).

Transit Links & Medical Facilities

Aviation Hub Vágar Airport (FAE) 29.5 km WSW
Police Station Politistøðin í Runavík 0.8 km S

Proximate Regional Communities (Faroe Islands)

Natural Hazard Calendar & History

No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.

For consular advice on women's safety, LGBT+ travel, and local laws, see the Faroe Islands travel advice & laws.

Check the official entry requirements for your nationality before you travel. See the Faroe Islands entry requirements.

Surrounding Places with Full Dossiers

Tórshavn 10
13.3 km SSW
Klaksvík 10
16.5 km NE
Vestmanna 10
23.7 km W
Eiði 10
28.1 km NW
Sørvágur 10
30.9 km W
Sandur 10
31.7 km S

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Intelligence records sourced via SimpleMaps, GeoNames, OSM, OurAirports, Open-Meteo, and USGS/GDACS · Sources · Editorial Policy