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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.3854,Lat: 58.873
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	9:45:06am
At island	Hoy
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Orkney Islands
Name	Stromness and South Isles
Other place with same name 1	Rackwick Scotland - Orkney Islands

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Moorfea	0.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Hoy	5.4 km	NorthEast
3 Murra	5.9 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Linksness	6.1 km	NorthEast
5 Quoyness	6.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	347 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tórshavn	Faroe-islands	396 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	503 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Rackwick lies at the North Sea (direction SouthWest). The nearest bigger lake is Loch of Harray (17.2 km² at a distance of 14.5 km in NorthEastern direction).The place is located at an island named Hoy. The distance to the mainland is 12.8 km.

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 350.5 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 491 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 45%, hill: 53%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Hoy and West Mainland

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 326 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Kirkwall Airport (at a distance of 29 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

44.6 km2

93.7%

Wet nature

1.7 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

0.5 km2

Rock-Sand

0.9 km2

1.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rackwick in country Scotland

Rackwick at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heart of Neolithic Orkney	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	18 km	NorthEast
2 The Forth Bridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	320 km	South
3 St Kilda	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	326 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Rackwick
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Stromness

Type of weather in Stromness	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	15.66 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 7)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	7 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	09:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:36 Europe/Amsterdam