Gráfelli

Gráfelli
Slaettaratindur (left) and Grafelli (right) above Funningur.
height	856  m
location	Eysturoy Island , Faroe Islands
Coordinates	62 ° 18 '26 "  N , 6 ° 59' 28"  W Coordinates: 62 ° 18 '26 "  N , 6 ° 59' 28"  W.
particularities	the second highest mountain in the Faroe Islands

At 856 meters, the Gráfelli is the second highest mountain in the Faroe Islands . The mountain is located in the very north of the second largest island, Eysturoy , near the places Funningur and Gjógv .

geography

Directly opposite the Grafelli is Slættaratindur , the highest mountain in the Faroe Islands , in the southwest . The depression between these two peaks, which is still 640 meters high, is called Bláaberg . To the west of the Gráfelli is a small, prominent peak called Krákan and to the north is the slightly smaller Sandfelli at 762 meters .

The Gráfelli is one of the ten mountains in the Faroe Islands that protrude over 800 meters from the sea.

The Gráfelli seen from Eiði. On the left of the picture the summit of Manssetur (615 m), in the middle of the Krákan (821 m) and to the right of it the 856 meter high Grafelli.

See also

• List of mountains in the Faroe Islands

Web links

Commons : Gráfelli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Umhvørvisstovan: Fjøll í Føroyum flokkað eftir hædd . us.fo. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved in 2016.
• Fjøll í Føroyum , Umhvørvisstovan, us.fo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fjøll í Føroyum , Umhvørvisstovan, us.fo