Sornfelli is a mountain plateau on the island of

Streymoy Streymoy ( da, Strømø) is the largest and most populated island of the Faroe Islands. The capital, Tórshavn, is located on its southeast coast. The name means "island of currents". It also refers to the largest region of the country that also i ...

in the

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...

about 12 km from the capital

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the ...

(20 km by road). It is the site of a military station at 725m above sea level (asl). The Sornfelli Meteorological Station installed in 1999 is located in the middle of the 40,000 m² Sornfelli Mountain top plateau, also at 725m asl. Temperatures at the meteorological station in 2000 were: *Mean annual air temperature: +1.7 °C *Mean coldest month (April): -2.2 °C *Mean warmest month (August): 6.5 °C From

you can drive over the mountain road "Oyggjarvegin" to the Sornfelli Mountain plateau. There is a public road up to the Sornfelli Mountain plateau, but not the last 200 m to the radar base. The mountain of Sornfelli has a height of 749m. File:Sornfelli.jpg, Radar base File:31-01 12.22 2004 Sornfelli.JPG, Skælingsfjall 749 m File:Sornfelli, Faroe Islands (5).JPG, Sornfelli plateau File:Sornfelli, Faroe Islands (4).JPG, Sornfelli plateau

References

* Mountains of the Faroe Islands Meteorological stations {{Faroes-geo-stub